Are you having the #BestSummerEver with BookSparks’ 6th Annual Summer Reading Challenge? Welcome to July! Our second book for the month is Untethered by Julie Timmer.
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.
While Allie begins to struggle in school and tensions mount between her and Char, Allie’s connection to young Morgan, a ten-year-old-girl she tutors, seems to keep her grounded. But then Morgan, who was adopted out of foster care, suddenly disappears, and Char is left to wonder about a possible future without Allie and what to do about Morgan, a child caught up in a terrible crack in the system.
Untethered explores what bonds truly form a family and how, sometimes, love knows no bounds.
Julie Lawson Timmer grew up in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. She earned a Bachelor’s degree from McMaster University and a law degree from Southern Methodist University. She serves as in-house legal counsel to an automotive supplier in Michigan. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with her husband and their children. She is also the author of Five Days Left.
Interested in reading along with us? Here’s how you can participate:
Bloggers: Please sign up for the Blog Tours by month: May, June, July, August. Check out the instructions on how you can participate in the challenge here. *You are not guaranteed spots. Our SRC is the most popular campaign of the year. If you are not selected for publicity copies, you can still participate by buying the books and then posting along. You can then still be entered to win the amazing prizes all summer long! Please read this special note for our beloved bloggers.
Book Lovers: Travel along with us by purchasing the books, reading them, and then tagging us in your posts to win prizes all summer long. Check out the instructions to participate in the challenge here.
Brands:Want to join in on the #BestSummerEver fun? We are working with brands and influencers to share our best picks for summer! Email janay@sparkpointstudio.com for more information on how we can partner!
RSVP: Be sure to RSVP on the official Facebook event page and share the news with your friends! We’ll be offering special giveaways just to our event page, so be sure to RSVP for the #BestSummerEver, #BestSRCEver #SRC2016.
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