Before I Die

Die Ärzte machen der 16-jährigen Tessa wenig Hoffnung. Ihr Kampf gegen die Leukämie scheint nach vier Jahren verloren. Doch Tessa will nicht einfach verschwinden, sie will leben - wenigstens in der Zeit, die ihr noch bleibt. Sie schreibt eine Liste, was sie noch tun will, bevor sie stirbt: einen Tag nur ja sagen, Drogen nehmen, einen Tag lang berühmt sein, etwas Verbotenes tun, einmal Sex haben. Als Adam auftaucht, ist Sex plötzlich mehr als ein Punkt auf ihrer Liste. Doch darf man lieben, wenn man stirbt?

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.

Préface
For fans of THE FAULT IN OUR STARS, this is the powerful, award-winning story of a teenage girl and how she chooses to spend her final weeks of life.

Auteur

Jenny Downham

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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.

Résumé

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.