{"product_id":"death-of-an-ordinary-man-1","title":"Death of an Ordinary Man","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2026\u003cbr\u003eWINNER OF THE NERO BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2026\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Please read this book. It may very well change how you live’ \u003c\/b\u003eRachel Clarke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Profound…compelling…beautiful’ \u003c\/b\u003eNina Stibbe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Filled with love…I was spellbound’ \u003c\/b\u003eKathryn Mannix\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Brilliant…so special’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn inspiring true story about life, love and letting go\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSarah Perry’s father-in-law David died in the autumn of 2022, only nine days after a cancer diagnosis. He was in some ways a very ordinary man: he loved stamp collecting, fish and chips, comic novels and his local church. Yet as Sarah and her husband Robert nursed David through his final days, they realised how extraordinary he really was.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis loving, clear-eyed and unforgettable book shows how death may be met and understood as a part of life – a universal experience that is terrible and beautiful, intimate and real, sometimes all at once.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Book of the Year for \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Beautiful and profound and completely gripping’ \u003c\/b\u003eMark Haddon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A must-read’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'We cannot be but somewhat changed by this remarkable book’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This book will be a lifeline for so many people’ \u003c\/b\u003eSeán Hewitt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Perry is in a league of her own’ \u003c\/b\u003eSara Collins\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56496246817112,"sku":"9781529967197","price":17.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781529967197_c9c8c8b8-8924-4387-9a03-50a238c9a9e1.jpg?v=1772031631","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/death-of-an-ordinary-man-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}