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Now is Good (Also published as Before I Die) by Jenny Downham (2012-08-30) Paperback

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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.
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    David Fickling Books (PB); Film Tie-In edition (2012-08-30)
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0182Q9YCI
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Jenny Downham

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Jenny Downham (born 1964) was an actress for many years before concentrating on her writing full-time. She lives in London with her two sons.

Her book Before I Die was critically acclaimed and was short listed 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.

Photography (c) Rolf Marriott, 2007

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This movie is absolutely stunning. A must watch for anyone. The book is just as great (before I die). You'll find yourself thinking about this story months after putting the movie or book away
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