A beginner's guide to dying
Boas, Simon, 1977-20242024
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"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"--Publisher's description.
Main title:
A beginner's guide to dying / Simon Boas.
Author:
Boas, Simon, 1977-2024, author
Imprint:
[London] : Swift Press, 2024.©2024
Collation:
viii, 141 pages ; 21 cm
Contents:
Jersey Evening post articles. 'Cancer penguins'; 'My cancer situation has developed not necessarily to my advantage'; 'My cancer hasn't cooperated'Death and equanimity. Introduction1. Perspective2. Mediation3. Gratitude4. God and religion5. Counselling6. Others' grief7. Other people8. Psychedelics9. Miracle cures, hope and acceptance10. Thinking about death11. Optimism12. Regrets and bucket listsA beginner's guide to interacting with the dyingRecommended readingA short chronologyRandom factsEpilogue: excerpt from Simon's eulogyFinal word.
ISBN:
9781800755031 (hardback)
Dewey class:
155.937
LC class:
BF789.D4
Language:
English
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BRN:
273942
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