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'Please read this book. It may very well change how you live' Rachel Clarke
'Profound…compelling…beautiful' Nina Stibbe
'Filled with love…I was spellbound' Kathryn Mannix
'Brilliant…so special' Guardian
An inspiring true story about life, love and letting go
Sarah 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.
This 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.
A Book of the Year for The Times, Guardian, Financial Times and Observer
'Beautiful and profound and completely gripping' Mark Haddon
'A must-read' The Times
'We cannot be but somewhat changed by this remarkable book' Telegraph
'This book will be a lifeline for so many people' Seán Hewitt
'Perry is in a league of her own' Sara Collins
| ISBN: | 9781529967197 |
| Publication date: | 19th February 2026 |
| Author: | Sarah Perry |
| Publisher: | Vintage an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 193 pages |
| Primary Genre | Biographies & Autobiographies |
| Other Genres: |
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2026
WINNER OF THE NERO BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION 2025
LONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2026
'Please read this book. It may very well change how you live' Rachel Clarke
'Profound…compelling…beautiful' Nina Stibbe
'Filled with love…I was spellbound' Kathryn Mannix
'Brilliant…so special' Guardian
An inspiring true story about life, love and letting go
Sarah 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.
This 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.
A Book of the Year for The Times, Guardian, Financial Times and Observer
'Beautiful and profound and completely gripping' Mark Haddon
'A must-read' The Times
'We cannot be but somewhat changed by this remarkable book' Telegraph
'This book will be a lifeline for so many people' Seán Hewitt
'Perry is in a league of her own' Sara Collins
Death of an Ordinary Man features in the following genres: Biographies & Autobiographies, Memoirs, Coping with / advice about cancer, Coping with / advice about death and bereavement, Sociology: family and relationships, Sociology: death and dying, Home nursing and caring
Death of an Ordinary Man is available in Paperback, Hardback
Death of an Ordinary Man was written by Sarah Perry and published by Vintage an imprint of Random House
Death of an Ordinary Man has 193 pages
£10.79
