Five Days by Douglas Kennedy

Is it ever too late to have the life you wanted? Or do we owe it to ourselves to pursue the promise of happiness?

For twenty years, Laura has been a good wife and mother. She’s supported her husband through redundancy, she’s worried about her son, she’s encouraged her daughter. She has been constant, caring and selfless.

She’s stopped thinking about her own dreams, the places she’d like to go and the books she’d like to talk about.

But a chance meeting with a man in a hotel lobby – and the five days that follow – remind Laura of the young woman she used to be, and the woman she could have become.

How long does it take to fall in love and leave your life behind?

What Do We Think?

‘The Moment by Douglas Kennedy is still by far my favourite of his works, but this was a close second. I especially admire it when an author makes their main character a woman and they themselves are male – Kennedy was able to capture the emotions of the main character in a fantastic and gripping way. Kennedy could, in some ways, be coined the male Jodi Picoult – if you like her writing then you’ll love this.’