Jenny Downham
Hardcover | Pages: 336 pages Rating: 3.83 | 50587 Users | 4147 Reviews
Identify Books As Before I Die
| Original Title: | Before I Die |
| ISBN: | 0385613466 (ISBN13: 9780385613460) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Branford Boase Award (2008), The Inky Awards for Silver Inky (2008), Lincoln Award Nominee (2012), Carnegie Medal Nominee (2008), The Inky Awards Shortlist for Silver Inky (2008) |
Description Supposing Books Before I Die
The story of Tessa, a young teenage girl who has only months to live ... a brilliantly crafted novel, heartbreaking yet life-affirming. Tessa has just months to live. Fighting back against hospital visits, endless tests, drugs with excruciating side-effects, Tessa compiles a list. It’s her 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, and her new boyfriend, all are painfully crystallised in the precious weeks before Tessa’s time finally runs out.Present Containing Books Before I Die
| Title | : | Before I Die |
| Author | : | Jenny Downham |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 336 pages |
| Published | : | July 5th 2007 by David Fickling Books |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Contemporary. Romance. Fiction |
Rating Containing Books Before I Die
Ratings: 3.83 From 50587 Users | 4147 ReviewsCriticism Containing Books Before I Die
One of my favourite films of all time is the 2003 film My Life Without Me, about a dying woman who tries to fulfill her written list of things she wants to do, simultaneously learning to appreciate the life she's always regretted of teenage pregnancy and dropping out of school. Before I Die released four years after the earlier film and bearing an uncanny resemblance to it, is basically a much shallower and boring version of My Life Without Me. I really wanted to like it, but frankly I thinkI am very appreciative of my public library withdrawing books from their collection and selling them for 20c! It was on my TBR too, so even better.This was a very sweet story, well written and a sincere rendition involving a sixteen year old girls' end of life. The author captured the angst and wistfulness of Tessa, who ambitiously sets herself a list of things to achieve before she dies. Family relationships, sex, love and a little bit of recklessness, a best friend and an estranged mum all
I'd heard a little about this book when I started reading it. Not much, but mostly good things. But when I started it, I had no clue what I was in for.The title makes it clear that the book is about death. Tessa, at sixteen, is about to die. But the book is about so much more than that. It's really about living. Tessa makes a list of 10 things she wants to do before she dies. Each one leads to different, varying consiquences, but they all help her live, just a little.This book is beautiful and
I read this in a day - I couldn't put it down. The story is told from the viewpoint of a 16 year old girl, Tessa, who has terminal leukemia. She has months to live and has made a list of things she wants to do before she dies.The book is beautifully written, and brings about a number of emotions. The characters are well established (Tessa's father particularly) and this makes the story realistic and believable. It's interesting to learn about the relationships between the characters - you'd
If you need a reminder of all that's important in this world, then you should read this novel. Even if you don't think so. The title says it all. Narrated by a Tessa, a girl who is dying of cancer, Before I Die gives a realistic portrait of what she wants to accomplish in the little time left to her.Now please don't think I'm sexist when I say this, but 99% of the women I know make lists. It's something I admire about them. Listsit's a girl thing.Tessa, makes lists. Lists of things she wants to
I really didn't like this book. It started off okay, but it just got worse and worse. Tessa has cancer, and is dying. She has a list of things she wants to do before she dies. The list is things like sex, drugs, say yes to everything for a whole day, get famous, nonsense stuff. Then she falls in love with the boy next door. Her list turns into things like hold my brother, kiss my love, have a cup of tea, little things like that. This book could have been really great, if it wasn't for all of the
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