Char Hawthorn, college professor, wife and stepmother to a spirited fifteen-year-old daughter, loves her family and the joyful rhythms of work and parenting. But when her husband dies in a car accident, the "step" in Char's title suddenly matters a great deal. In the eyes of the law, all rights to daughter Allie belong to Lindy, Allie's self-absorbed biological mother, who wants to girl to move to her home in California.
Julie Lawson Timmer grew up in Ontario and earned a bachelor's degree from McMaster University before heading south of the border. She has a law degree from Southern Methodist University and works as in-house legal counsel in Michigan. She is the author of Five Days Left and lives in Ann Arbor with her husband and children.
Praise for Untethered
“A complex story about a nontraditional but often familiar family.
… Timmer handles the sensitive, emotionally charged nature of her
plot with reverence and openness, avoiding harsh
judgments. Untethered is a beautiful mosaic of love's
many fragments, no matter how shattered.”—Shelf Awareness
“Examines human relationships and the concept of family in a very
modern, relatable setting.”—REDBOOK
“Gripping and thoughtful new novel” – Emily Giffin, New York Times
bestselling author of The One and Only
“Captivating characters and a plot that will keep the pages turning
through to the climactic end.”—RT Book Reviews
“A thoughtfully written and ultimately uplifting celebration of
families that are not bound by blood or by law but by love.”—Kirkus
Reviews
“Harper Lee famously wrote that you can choose your friends, but
you can’t choose your family. In Untethered, Julie Lawson Timmer
makes mincemeat of this old chestnut, proving that a modern family
can indeed consist of people who find their own way to each other,
however circuitously. The pulse of the story is in the journey, and
the triumph is in the unexpectedness of the destination. If you’re
inclined to gently strong-arm your book club, Timmer’s is a
poignant page-turner worth going to the mat for.”—Elisabeth Egan,
author of A Window Opens
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