A Beginner's Guide to Dying

By: Simon Boas

Narrated by: Simon Boas

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.

©2024 Simon Boas (P)2024 Swift Press Audio

An Incredible Man

When I was young and I saw Gone with the Wind for the first time. I loved the movie so much that I told my mother that I wanted to meet Clark Gable someday. I remember the feeling, to this day, of the disappointment I felt knowing that I could never have a conversation with him, as he had long
passed on. I have the same feeling today after listening to Simon Boas,
in his own words, share his story…his family was so lucky to have had him in their lives. Everyone needs to listen to or read his book.

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A moving read

What a gift to the living and to the dying! Condolences to the family. This book gave so much perspective and useful guidance.