<p>Tessa has just a few months to live. <br><br>Fighting back against hospital visits, endless tests, drugs with excruciating side-effects, Tessa compiles a list. It''s her <i>Ten Things To Do Before I Die</i> list. And Number One is sex.<br><br>Released from the constraints of ''normal'' life, Tessa tastes new experiences to make her feel alive while her failing body struggles to keep up.<br><br>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.<br><br>BEFORE I DIE is a brilliantly-crafted novel, heartbreaking yet astonishingly life-affirming. It will take you to the very edge.</p>