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Jenny Downham (born 1964) is a British novelist and an ex-actress. She has published two books. The first, ''Before I Die'', is the fictional account of the last few months of a sixteen-year-old girl who has been dying of leukaemia for four years. The book is told in the first person. The book was short listed for the 2007 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the 2008 Lancashire Children's Book of the Year, nominated for the 2008 Carnegie Medal and the 2008 Booktrust Teenage Prize, and won the 2008 Branford Boase Award. As the book goes on, Tessa's thoughts are used to explore the nature of life. Downham's second novel, ''You Against Me'', was published in December 2010.〔(You Against Me: Amazon.co.uk: Jenny Downham: Books ). Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 10 August 2011.〕 The book is powerful novel about family, loyalty, and the choices which we have to make. Her third novel, ''Unbecoming'', published in 2015, is a story of three generations of women and the uncovering of family secrets. In 1998, Downham played Anna, the Ralph's Wife in ''Basil''. ''Now Is Good'' is a 2012 film based on Downham's novel ''Before I Die'', and stars Dakota Fanning and Jeremy Irvine ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jenny Downham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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