Before I Die - Winner of the Branford Boase Award 2008 and shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
Verlag | Black Swan |
Auflage | 2008 |
Seiten | 352 |
Format | 12,7 x 19,8 x 2,4 cm |
Gewicht | 248 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
ISBN-10 | 0552774626 |
EAN | 9780552774628 |
Bestell-Nr | 55277462EA |
Ein Buch über die Schönheit des Lebens, erzählt aus der Sicht eines 16 jährigen Mädchens, welches an Leukämie erkrankt ist.
An intensely moving and uncompromisingly honest story told in the words of a 16-year-old girl who is dying of leukaemia.
Now a major film - Now is Good - starring Dakota Fanning.
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 Ten Things 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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Dealing frankly with teenage life, Before I Die will be the year's most talked-about novel. The Sunday Times