Isabel Coixet: "My Life Without Me"

"[Ann writes in journal] 
Ann: THINGS TO DO BEFORE I DIE. 
Ann: 1. Tell my daughters I love them several times. 
Ann: 2. Find Don a new wife who the girls like. 
Ann: 3. Record birthday messages for the girls for every year until they're 18. 
Ann: 4. Go to Whalebay Beach together and have a big picnic. 
Ann: 5. Smoke and drink as much as I want. 
Ann: 6. Say what I'm thinking. 
Ann: 7. Make love with other men to see what it's like. 
Ann: 8. Make someone fall in love with me. 
Ann: 9. Go and see Dad in Jail. 
Ann: 10. Get false nails. And do something with my hair."