The Disadvantages of Dying After You

Magical things happen when we open ourselves up to the world.

Gabriela Muniz has ten challenges to complete, each more perplexing than the last. Skydiving is just the beginning—she'll also have to give hugs to strangers, learn to dance, sing for a crowd, and other items on the list her friend Júlia left her.

The idea came one afternoon when the two had little else to do: to come up with ten things for their friend to accomplish if the other died. And they had to be absurd, since, at seventeen, death was a distant memory. But when Júlia suffers a terrible accident, Gabriela is left with the memory of her best friend—and the list of challenges that must now be accomplished.

Between situations that take the quiet Gabriela completely out of her comfort zone—is it true that Júlia included "Falling in love" on the list?—she might learn that life can be easier when lived with joy and intensity.

The Ten Disadvantages of Dying After You is Fernanda de Castro Lima's first book and promises to show that life can be lighter if lived with joy and intensity.