Before I Die

AvJenny Downham

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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Tessa has just a few months to live. So she compiles her bucket list, her To Do Before I Die list. 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.Heartbreaking yet astonishingly life-affirming, Before I Die will take you to the very edge.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-07-02
Mått:129 x 198 x 21 mm
Vikt:233 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:RH Childrens Books
Antal sidor:336
Förlag:Penguin Random House Children's UK
ISBN:9781909531161

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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 Prize, and won the 2008 Branford Boase Award.

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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 Downham's extraordinary first novel does both