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.