A Beginner's Guide to Dying (Hardcover)

Simon Boas

ISBN 10: 1800755031 / ISBN 13: 9781800755031

Published by Swift Press, 2024

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Hardcover. 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. "In his mid-40s, aid worker Simon Boas was diagnosed with incurable cancer-it had been caught too late, and spread throughout his body. But he was determined to die as he had learned to live-optimistically, thinking the best of people, and prioritizing what really matters in life. This book traces Boas' exploration of this practice"-- Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Beginner's Guide to Dying (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Swift Press
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1800755031
• ISBN 13: 9781800755031
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

As featured on BBC Radio 4

''Funny and touching'' Sunday Times

''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

*****READER REVIEWS

''Simon’s cheerful voice comes through every page''
''An absolute gift of a book ... This book has the potential to change your life''
''Stunning''

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.