72 Hours of You

Sydney Hoffman can tell when someone has less than 72 hours to live, and it’s left her sarcastic, cynical and alone. Until she meets Peter, who changes everything she believes about life—and death.

This swoony, emotional, and tragically romantic debut is perfect for fans of Dustin Thao's You've Reached Sam and Adam Silvera's They Both Die at the End.

"Choke-on-your-drink funny, stomp-on-your heart tragic, and without a doubt one of the best debuts I’ve ever read.” —Clare Edge

72 hours before someone dies, Sydney Hoffman sees a pink clock over their head, counting down their final minutes. Seeing death’s status updates in real-time without being able to save anyone is . . . pretty much the worst. Which is why she never gets involved.

But then she meets Peter Beckett, her optimistic, book-obsessed, and (annoyingly) attractive new classmate. When he discovers what Sydney can do, he convinces her she doesn’t have to handle the countdowns alone. Together they make a plan to wander NYC, looking for pink clocks and helping strangers live their best final hours.

The more people they secretly help, the more Sydney believes she can let go of the memories that haunt her and hold on to Peter instead. But then the universe deals a devastating blow, forcing her to reckon with what it truly means to live your last 72 hours with no regrets.“A perfect balancing act of heft and humor, 72 Hours of You will break your heart, then tenderly put it back together. A swoon-worthy sucker punch of a debut that demands to be reread seventy-two times over.” —Chatham Greenfield, Stonewall Honor–winning author of Time and Time Again

“A book has no right to be this hilarious and this heartbreaking at the same time. Darianne Schramm is an absolute force. 72 Hours of You is choke-on-your-drink funny, stomp-on-your heart tragic, and is without a doubt one of the best debuts I’ve ever read.” —Clare Edge, author of Natural Selection

“If you’re looking for a book to rip your heart out while loving every second of the pain—this is it. This is a story you’ll root for and a book you’ll toss across the room, then run to retrieve it to see how it ends. Riveting, addicting, and excruciatingly beautiful to the very end—Schramm has created a future classic.” —DeAndra Davis, William C. Morris Award winning author of All the Noise at Once



Darianne Schramm grew up in Gainesville, Florida listening to the sounds of the woods and the music of Tom Petty. When she’s not writing stories about grief, love, and characters who are slightly nihilistic, you can find her eating the darkest possible chocolate and playing overly aggressive games of Scrabble. She has a BA in Philosophy from Elon University and her Masters from the University of Southern California where they reluctantly let her write her thesis on rock and roll lyrics. She is currently getting her PhD in New Zealand where she lives with her husband, daughter, and goldendoodle. 72 Hours of You is her debut novel.