by Jenny Downham · Black Swan · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780552774628
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«Before I Die» is the young adult novel by Jenny Downham, published by Black Swan in paperback (352 pages, in English).
Tessa has only a few months to live and, tired of hospitals and medication, she makes a list of experiences she still wants to have. Freed from the expectations of a 'normal' life, she seeks to feel alive as her body fails, and her relationships with her father, her brother, her absent mother, her best friend and her new boyfriend intensify in her final weeks.
First novel by Jenny Downham, winner of the Branford Boase Award and shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal in 2008.
Recommended for readers of young adult and contemporary fiction looking for emotional stories about life, family and first love.
Jenny Downham is a British novelist and an ex-actress who has published five books.
