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Now is Good (Also published as Before I Die)
Jenny Downham
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Description for Now is Good (Also published as Before I Die)
Paperback. Tessa has just a few months to live. Fighting back against hospital visits, endless tests and drugs with excruciating side-effects, Tessa compiles a list. It's her Before I Die list. And number one is sex. Released from the constraints of normal life, Tessa tastes new experiences to make her feel alive while her failing body struggles to keep up. Num Pages: 336 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: 5AN; YFB. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244. Clean copy with minor shelf wear and slight bend to back cover
Tessa has just a few months to live.
Fighting back against hospital visits, endless tests and drugs with excruciating side-effects, Tessa compiles a list. It's her Before I Die list. And number one is sex. Starting tonight.
Released from the constraints of 'normal' life, Tessa tastes new experiences to make her feel alive while her failing body struggles to keep up. Her feelings, her relationships with her father and brother, her estranged mother, her best friend, and the powerful, bittersweet first love she finds with the boy next door - all are painfully yet beautifully crystallized in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin Random House Children´s UK
Condition
Used, Good
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849921381
SKU
KEA0000060
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Jenny Downham
Jenny Downham was an actress for many years before concentrating on her writing full-time. She lives in London with her two sons. Her debut novel Before I Die was critically acclaimed and was shortlisted for the 2007 Guardian Award and the 2008 Lancashire Children's Book of the Year, nominated for the 2008 Carnegie Medal and the 2008 Booktrust Teenage ... Read more
Reviews for Now is Good (Also published as Before I Die)
Dealing frankly with teenage life, Before I Die will be the year's most talked-about novel . . . Novels for young teenagers do not usually feature drugs and casual sex within the first 20-odd pages. But most books for teenagers will not leave an adult reader's eyes so blurry with tears that it's hard to see the final chapters. Jenny ... Read more