ForthemanyreaderswholoveTheFaultinOurStars,thisisthestoryofagirlwhoisdeterminedtolive,love,andtowriteherownendingbeforehertimeisfinallyup.
Tessahasjustmonthstolive.Fightingbackagainsthospitalvisits,endlesstests,anddrugswithexcruciatingsideeffects,Tessacompilesalist.It’sherToDoBeforeIDielist.AndnumberoneisSex.Releasedfromtheconstraints
of-normal-life,Tessatastesnewexperiencestomakeherfeelalivewhileherfailingbodystrugglestokeepup.Tessa’sfeelings,herrelationshipswithherfatherandbrother,herestrangedmother,herbestfriend,andhernewboyfriend,areallpainfullycrystallizedinthepreciousweeksbeforeTessa’stimerunsout.
ThenewlyreleasedfeaturefilmNowIsGood,starringDakotaFanning,isbasedonJennyDownham’sintenselymovingnovel.