{"product_id":"9781911195405","title":"Dying for Beginners","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormer editor of Question Time, Charlie Courtauld was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2000, at the age of 34. As a passionate communicator, he wrote a highly personal diary of his experience of the illness, which was published as a newspaper column and blog. His wish to share his account of life with MS has led to this collection of thought-provoking snapshots – charting his hopes and fears about MS, as well the ordinary ups and downs of life as a father of three. Funny, irreverent, unflinchingly honest and at times very sad, Charlie intended his blog to be something of a guide to dying for beginners. But in doing this he has given us a life-affirming take on the preciousness of ordinary daily life, and an invitation to think seriously about the thing ‘we prefer not to think about’. As Charlie puts it: “There are no second tries or best-of-threes. So we don’t want to mess it up. Thanks to this bloody MS, I am dying. Not immediately: more than a year. But fewer than five. And I want to get it right. Join me as I find out about this thing.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Charlie Courtauld","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47064324079856,"sku":"9781911195405","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781911195405_p0.jpg?v=1763630391","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781911195405","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}