Tuesday, July 15, 2025

7.15.2025 - A Beginner's Guide to Dying

A Beginner's Guide to Dying by Simon Boas 

Many thanks to NetGalley and Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor | Vintage for gifting me a digital ARC of this memoir by Simon Boas.  All opinions expressed in this review are my own - 4.5 stars!

Simon Boas was diagnosed with terminal throat cancer in his mid-40s.  Having lived what he will say is a fortunate and blessed life, having privilege and experience, he shares his death journey with readers.  I completely appreciated his blunt, dark humor approach and admire his viewpoints.  To me, this is more of a book on how best to live than how to die, as well as how best for the rest of us to deal with those in our circle that are dying.  I loved the book analogy about grief, and feel that this book contained so many good reminders about priorities in life. 


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