![]() Tessa's brother, Cal, is a brutally honest individual who has mixed feelings throughout the novel ranging from lack of care to jealousy to sadness. She mentions that he spends hours on the computer looking up possible treatments for her even after the doctors have told her that the cancer has consumed her body. Her father's main mechanism for coping is denial. He is resistant to Tessa's behaviour from the start, but realises he has little influence and can only enjoy the time they have left. Tessa's father is timid and just wants to spend time with his daughter. Her mother is loving and joking about the situation and seems supportive however, she has not been present in Tessa's treatments, nor involved in her life at a deep level. Tessa's parents are divorced and have very different views on her desire to experience the dangerous side of life before she passes. Zoey is excited and supportive of the outrageous bucket list until an unplanned pregnancy test comes up positive. Tessa, with the help of her best friend Zoey, comes up with a list of things she wants to do before she dies, including some risky behaviours that she deems necessary to have "lived". ![]() Despite four years of chemotherapy, she has discovered that her cancer is terminal and her doctors give her a short time to live. Tessa is diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. ![]() The novel follows the shortly ending life of Tessa, from her perspective. Before I Die is a young adult novel written by Jenny Downham, first published by David Fickling Books in 2007. ![]()
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