{"product_id":"before-im-dead","title":"Before I'm Dead","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘People are people. Careless in courage, but scared to the bone’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZara is dying. But she’s not about to go out without making some noise. At seventeen, with a terminal diagnosis and a very limited tolerance for nonsense, she has one final project: record her own eulogy, in her own words, before her brain tumour makes that impossible. Funny, angry, and absolutely unwilling to be reduced to her illness, Zara is the last person who needs saving.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStuart thinks he’s there to help. He’s good at helping - he’s built a career out of it, a quiet, careful life of service that keeps his own grief at a comfortable distance. But Zara doesn’t need managing. She needs witnessing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd that’s something Stuart has never quite learned to do.\u003ci\u003e Before I’m Dead\u003c\/i\u003e is a tender two-hander that\u003cbr\u003easks what it really means to see another human being: not the polished performance they present to the world, but the real, inconvenient, luminous truth of them. It shows us that, surprising as they may be, connections are the greatest form of bravery in the face of mortality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBefore I’m Dead \u003c\/i\u003eis the Vault Creative Arts Playwriting Award winning play (2026) and this edition was published to coincide with the production at The Glitch in May 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57337932546392,"sku":"9781350663220","price":17.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781350663220_ed35bcbc-2d97-4baa-885b-a0d51c01a5ce.jpg?v=1781056827","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/before-im-dead","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}