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Beginner's Guide to Dying: The Sunday Times Bestseller, 'Has anyone ever written a more inspirational paean to the joy of life?' Daily Mail [Pehme köide]

  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 160 pages, kõrgus x laius: 198x129 mm
  • Ilmumisaeg: 14-Aug-2025
  • Kirjastus: Swift Press
  • ISBN-10: 180075521X
  • ISBN-13: 9781800755215
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 160 pages, kõrgus x laius: 198x129 mm
  • Ilmumisaeg: 14-Aug-2025
  • Kirjastus: Swift Press
  • ISBN-10: 180075521X
  • ISBN-13: 9781800755215
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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 Simons last broadcast interview - knowing his wise words on the page could live on afterwards' Emma Barnett



*****READER REVIEWS



'Simons 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 Beginners 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 isnt so bad. And for that reason its 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.

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Has anyone ever written a more inspirational paean to the joy of life? - Daily Mail 'A funny, touching meditation on death' - Rosamund Urwin, Sunday Times 'Extraordinary ... The late authors reflections on his cancer diagnosis thrum with life and wit, and will make you laugh and cry' - Alex Preston, Observer 'Boass cheerful stoicism seems to have touched the nation - Daily Telegraph As Simon Boas treads the pathway we shall all tread he is funny, compassionate and wise. A book not to be missed' - Sir Terry Waite Simon Boas outlook on life is an inspiration to us all, and his wonderful book is full of both wisdom and humour - Julia Samuel, author of Grief Works 'I had the privilege to conduct Simons last broadcast interview - knowing his wise words on the page could live on afterwards. How lucky we all are to have someone as generous as him to share such important perspectives on life while dying' - Emma Barnett 'I hope this tiny treasure chest of a book will be read, shared, gifted, laughed with, cried over, thought about and reflected on far and wide' - Kathryn Mannix, author of With the End in Mind Funny, moving, brave, sensible - and without self pity. Simons book celebrates human resilience and reminds us all to enjoy life while we have it' - Jeremy Bowen Explodes with life It is remarkable how much positivity and delight Boas squeezes on to each page - Stephen Cherry, Church Times

Simon Boas was born in 1977 and spent his childhood in London and Winchester. He got the bug for Overseas Aid after delivering his first aid convoy to Bosnia (at 16) in 1993, and went on to spend his career working for development charities and the UN. He worked in Africa for many years, and lived in Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey, Nepal, India, and the Palestinian Territories, including three years running a UN office in the Gaza Strip. He spent his last eight years living in Jersey, running the Islands Overseas Aid agency, accompanied by his beloved wife Aurelie and his scruffy French sheepdog, Pippin.



At 46 he was diagnosed with advanced throat cancer and had a year of living dyingly, during which he found himself as happy as hed ever been. He wrote about this for his local paper, which went viral, and this encouraged him to try to expand on why hopping the twig at 46 really isnt so bad. A Beginner's Guide to Dying is the result.