Sarah Perry Death of an Ordinary Man Hardback Book

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMENS PRIZE FOR NONFICTION 2026WINNER OF THE NERO BOOK AWARDS NONFICTION AWARD 2025LONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2026Please read this book. It may very well change how you live Rachel ClarkeI was spellbound Kathryn MannixThis is not a book about grief it is a book about dying, the universal aspect of life, and it is a book about family, and care and love. Sarah Perrys fatherinlaw David died in the autumn of 2022, only nine days after a cancer diagnosis. Until then hed been a healthy and happy man he loved stamp collecting, fish and chips, comic novels, his local church, and the Antiques Roadshow. He was in some ways a very ordinary man, but as he began to die, it became clear how extraordinary he was. Sarah and her husband Robert nursed David themselves at home. They bathed and cleaned and dressed him, comforted him in pain, sat with him through waking and sleeping, talked to him, sang to him, prayed with him. Day by day and hour by hour, they witnessed what happens to the body and spirit as death approaches and finally arrives. Beautiful and profound and completely gripping Mark HaddonWe cannot be but somewhat changed by this remarkable book Daily TelegraphBy the end I was left shaken, deeply moved Christos TsiolkasThis book will be a lifeline for so many people Sen HewittSarah is in a league of her own as a writer I dont know how she does it Sara CollinsA love letter to life that resonates far beyond its own pages Robert DouglasFairhurst | Sarah Perry Death of an Ordinary Man Hardback Book