Just in Time

"He left me at the front door of my house. I knew he was as pleased as I was with our first meeting. I also knew that we had both realized that we had a lot in common. I knew I was going to see him again. And I knew that as soon as I entered my house I was going to google a phrase from our conversation that I had purposely retained in my memory: myxopapillary ependymoma."Laura is an Argentine economist who works for the World Bank; Morgan is a Californian lawyer. They both live in Washington, DC, and meet on a dating app. The crush is immediate, but on their first date, Morgan confesses that he has just recovered from a spinal tumor...which has a good chance of recurring.What makes a love story special? What keeps us going when the happily-ever-after ending of fairy tales falters?In Just in Time, María Laura Sánchez Puerta writes her own story with talent and courage - a universal story about those who dare to live a great love, with its stormy peaks and its moments of complete happiness, in defiance of and against all odds.Ana Wajszczuk, author of "Boys from Warsaw"