{"product_id":"boas-simon-a-beginners-guide-to-dying","title":"Boas, Simon - A Beginner's Guide to Dying","description":"In his mid-40s, Simon Boas was diagnosed with incurable cancer - it had been\ncaught too late, and spread around his body. But he was determined to die as\nhe had learned to live - optimistically, thinking the best of people, and prioritising\nwhat really matters in life.\nIn A Beginner's Guide to DyingSimon considers and collates the things that\nhave given him such a great sense of peace and contentment, and why dying\nat 46 really isn't so bad. And for that reason it's also only partly about 'dying'.\nIt is mostly a hymn to the joy and preciousness of life, and why giving death\na place can help all of us make even more of it.\n\nAs featured on BBC Radio 4\n'Funny and touching' Sunday Times\n'Extraordinary' Observer\n'Full of both wisdom and humour' Julia Samuel\n'Funny, moving, brave' Jeremy Bowen\n'I had the privilege to conduct Simon's last broadcast interview - knowing\nhis wise words on the page could live on afterwards' Emma Barnett\n*****READER REVIEWS\n'Simon's cheerful voice comes through every page'\n'An absolute gift of a book ... This book has the potential to change your\nlife'\n'Stunning'\nIt isn't quite 'Don't buy any green bananas'. But it's close to 'Don't start any\nlong books'.","brand":"Swift Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback Book","offer_id":50224114336022,"sku":"RMX-49507","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/7750\/2998\/files\/8cf1674084c595378904f5fd8f9f8a68.jpg?v=1752062974","url":"https:\/\/resident-music-uk.myshopify.com\/products\/boas-simon-a-beginners-guide-to-dying","provider":"Resident Music UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}