Jenny Downham (born 1964) is a British novelist and an ex-actor. In her first book, Before I Die, the fictional account of the last few months of a sixteen-year-old girl who has been dying of leukemia for 4 years. The book is told in the first person. The book was 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, a
Tessa has just 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, and her new boyfriend, all are painfully crystallised in the precious weeks before Tessa’s time finally runs out.
Before I die 很久以来,控制自己不要买书,在逛新世界的时候,无意间溜进旁边的书店,然后就看见这个名字,一个值得思考的问题,我试着问自己这个问题,可是我却看不到明确的前景,几次想要把这本书放下,可是我却不知道该怎样规划自己的答案,于是把这本书拿回家。 之前我一...
评分Before I die 很久以来,控制自己不要买书,在逛新世界的时候,无意间溜进旁边的书店,然后就看见这个名字,一个值得思考的问题,我试着问自己这个问题,可是我却看不到明确的前景,几次想要把这本书放下,可是我却不知道该怎样规划自己的答案,于是把这本书拿回家。 之前我一...
评分◎乃鼎斋无机客 好的图书封面,会让你在惊鸿一瞥下就立生好感,心中腾起进一步欣赏它的欲望。 詹妮·唐汉姆的这本处女作的美国版封面比英国版封面来得更让人心动,Before I Die 注定会成为一本极有前途的畅销书,让男女老少们读得眼泪汪汪,用带着泣声的嗓音给好友们打电话,...
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