Hazel lever med kreft, og ny form for behandling har gitt henne håp om noen ekstra år å leve, men ellers er siste kapittel skrevet i diagnosen hennes. Men så dukker den kjekke Augustus opp på barnesykehuset for kreftpasienter, og Hazels historie blir fullstendig omskrevet. En varm og rå historie om å være ungdom med et ben i graven, i følge forlaget. Forfatteren får svært gode omtaler for sine ungdomsbøker og har vunnet flere priser.
Diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer at 12, Hazel was prepared to die until, at 14, a medical miracle shrunk the tumours in her lungs... for now. Two years post-miracle, sixteen-year-old Hazel is post-everything else, too post-high school, post-friends and post-normalcy. And even though she could live for a long time (whatever that means) Hazel lives tethered to an oxygen tank, the tumours tenuously kept at bay with a constant chemical assault. Enter Augustus Waters. A match made at cancer kid support group, Augustus is gorgeous, in remission, and shockingly, to her interested in Hazel. Being with Augustus is both an unexpected destination and a long-needed journey, pushing Hazel to re-examine how sickness and health, life and death, will define her and the legacy that everyone leaves behind.
