Mara is a successful lawyer, and devoted wife and mother. Struggling with a deva
stating illness, she has set herself five days to make the ultimate decision for
her family. Scott lives a thousand miles away, and is a foster parent to a trou
bled eight-year-old.
Scott is facing his own five day countdown until his bel
oved foster son is returned to his biological mother. The two connect through an
online forum, and find a friendship to help guide them through the most difficu
lt, and momentous, week of their lives.