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A Beginner's Guide to Dying

By: Simon Boas
Narrated by: Simon Boas
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About this listen

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 Death & Dying Grief & Loss Personal Development Sociology Inspiring

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Wow. I want to read this over and over again. We are all interconnected and part of one whole.

Such a hopeful and beautiful read

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I challenge anyone to listen to this book without crying, laughing, feeling more love for your fellow human and absolute gratitude. It really struck me throughout listening, how sad I felt that I couldn’t thank the author for the new perspective he has given me for the rest of my life. What an amazing man, I wish I could have met him.

Truly beautiful mind.

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Listening to Simon instead of reading his words was so enjoyable. I laughed and smiled did a lot of nodding and shed a few tears. Is it odd to use the word enjoyable? The book gave me clarity. It feels a tiny bit bonkers to have laughed sometimes with tears rolling down my cheeks with a sadness and recognition of my own experiences.

Everyone should read this!

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Such an interesting listen, not the least bit morose, something that will come to us all, but we don't or can't think about it, Thank you Simon,RIP

What an amazing thing to do, Thank you Simon,

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A brilliant guide to dying by a noble man that loved life. I will re listen to make sure I have all the information Simon has to offer on the death topic.

Fantastic heart warming book on death

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