A Beginner's Guide to Dying

<p><strong>As featured on BBC Radio 4</strong></p><p><strong>'Funny and touching' <em>Sunday Times</em></strong></p><p><strong>'Extraordinary' <em>Observer</em><br>'Full of both wisdom and humour' Julia Samuel<br>'Funny, moving, brave' Jeremy Bowen<br>'I had the privilege to conduct Simon’s last broadcast interview - knowing his wise words on the page could live on afterwards' Emma Barnett</strong></p><p><strong>*****READER REVIEWS</strong></p><p><strong>'Simon’s cheerful voice comes through every page'<br>'An absolute gift of a book ... This book has the potential to change your life'<br>'Stunning'</strong></p><p><strong><em>It isn't quite 'Don't buy any green bananas'. But it's close to 'Don't start any long books'.</em></strong></p><p>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.</p><p>In<em> A Beginner’s Guide to Dying</em> 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.</p>