Book description
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 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 I DIE is a brilliantly-crafted novel, heartbreaking yet
astonishingly life-affirming. It will take you to the very edge.
Jenny Downham was an actress for many years before concentrating on
her writing full-time. She lives in London with her two sons.
