Five Days

About the Book

How long does it take to fall in love?

For twenty years, Laura has been a good wife and a good mother. She’s supported her husband through redundancy, she’s worried about her son, she’s encouraged her daughter. She’s stopped thinking about all the places she’d like to go or all the books she’d like to discuss.

She’s not unhappy, exactly. She’s not that self-indulgent. As anyone would tell you, Laura is wonderfully constant, caring, selfless. She’s certainly an expert at putting on a brave face.

But a chance meeting in a hotel lobby reminds Laura of the young woman she used to be — and the life she’d imagined she would have.

As Laura sees a different version of herself and her future, she wonders whether we owe it to ourselves to grasp an opportunity for happiness if it’s offered to us?

From ‘the absolute master of love stories with heart-stopping twists’ (The Times) Five Days is a compelling novel about how life can change with one brief encounter.