A beginner’s guide to dying

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‘Extraordinary’ Observer
‘Full of both wisdom and humour’ Julia Samuel
‘Funny, moving, brave’ Jeremy Bowen
‘I had the privilege to conduct Simon’s last broadcast interview – knowing his wise words on the page could live on afterwards’ Emma Barnett

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It isn’t quite ‘Don’t buy any green bananas’. But it’s close to ‘Don’t start any long books’.

In his mid-40s, Simon Boas was diagnosed with incurable cancer – it had been caught too late, and spread around his body. But he was determined to die as he had learned to live – optimistically, thinking the best of people, and prioritising what really matters in life.

In A Beginner’s Guide to Dying Simon considers and collates the things that have given him such a great sense of peace and contentment, and why dying at 46 really isn’t so bad. And for that reason it’s also only partly about ‘dying’. It is mostly a hymn to the joy and preciousness of life, and why giving death a place can help all of us make even more of it.

ISBN: 9781800755031

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In his mid-40s, Simon Boas was diagnosed with incurable cancer – it had been caught too late, and spread around his body. But he was determined to die as he had learned to live – optimistically, thinking the best of people, and prioritising what really matters in life. In ‘A Beginner’s Guide to Dying’ Simon considers and collates the things that have given him such a great sense of peace and contentment, and why dying at 46 really isn’t so bad.

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Weight0.264 kg
Dimensions19.8 × 12.9 × 2.1 cm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

160

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

155.937 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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