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Description for Before I Die
Paperback. Tessa has just a few months to live. Tessa compiles a list. It's her Ten Things To Do Before I Die list. Tessa's feelings, her relationships with her father and brother, her estranged mother, her best friend, her new boyfriend, all are painfully crystallized in the precious weeks before Tessa's time finally runs out. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 238. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Tessa has just a few months to live.
Fighting back against hospital visits, endless tests, drugs with excruciating side-effects, Tessa compiles a list. It's her Ten Things To Do 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.
Tessa's feelings, her relationships with her father and brother, her estranged mother, her best friend, her new boyfriend, all are painfully crystallized in the precious weeks before Tessa's time finally runs out.
BEFORE ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552774628
SKU
KI20003636
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 Before I Die
Dealing frankly with teenage life, Before I Die will be the year's most talked-about novel.
The Sunday Times
A novel that won't fail to touch those who read it...A book that will make you happy to be alive
Heat
Fierce, bold and bright...Jenny Downham is capable of exquisite, almost fevered writing, but she's also ... Read more
The Sunday Times
A novel that won't fail to touch those who read it...A book that will make you happy to be alive
Heat
Fierce, bold and bright...Jenny Downham is capable of exquisite, almost fevered writing, but she's also ... Read more