180 Days

<p><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>180 DAYS </strong><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>by Alfredo Botello is a tender yet evocative narrative of love's resilience tested against life's unpredictable twists and turns - </span><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Independent Book Review</strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Best Contemporary Novel</strong><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> - National Indie Book Awards 2024</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Best Realistic Fiction</strong><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> - Pencraft Book Awards 2024</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Best Fiction </strong><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>- Pacific Book Awards 2024</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>What happens when what was built to last forever will be demolished in just 180 days?</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Tomas Araeta and Naomi Curran are nearing their tenth year of marriage-and on the cusp of adopting a child-when Tomas an aspiring architect strays with a client. Discovering the infidelity Naomi files for divorce but California has a mandatory six-month waiting period before the divorce can be finalized. The clock is ticking: Tomas has 180 days to win Naomi back.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>This kicks off a fraught painful and at times humorous and absurd undertaking which will bring them in contact with a reclusive punk-rock star aloof parents architectural wonders coworkers they thought they knew friends with fragile secrets and most importantly themselves. The infidelity is only the beginning of this journey.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>And on day 180 Naomi and Tomas will have to answer the question facing every couple in a serious wonderful flawed relationship: what they each really want and whether they still see a future together.</span></p>