{"product_id":"9781529971323","title":"Shaking Hands With Death","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Pratchett, Terry\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eEthical issues: euthanasia \u0026amp; right to die\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 2 October 2025 by Transworld Publishers Ltd (Doubleday) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 80 pages\u003cbr\u003e185 x 118 x 12 | 124g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA beautiful clothbound pocket edition of Sir Terry Pratchett’s essay on why we all deserve a life worth living and a death worth dying for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a new Afterword by Peter Serafinowiczand an updated Introduction by Rob Wilkins'Eloquent and essential' Guardian'A poignant, thought-provoking, sometimes funny, always brilliant read' 5-star reader review‘Most men don’t fear death. They fear those things – the knife, the shipwreck, the illness, the bomb – which precede, by microseconds if you’re lucky, and many years if you’re not, the moment of death.’When Terry Pratchett was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in his fifties he was angry - not with death but with the disease that would take him there, and with the suffering disease can cause when we are not allowed to put an end to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this essay, broadcast to millions as the BBC Richard Dimbleby Lecture, he argues for our right to choose – our right to a good life, and a good death too.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Darling Reads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55714010399044,"sku":"9781529971323","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0827\/1265\/8244\/files\/9781529971323.jpg?v=1759246001","url":"https:\/\/darlingreadsbooks.com\/products\/9781529971323","provider":"Darling Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}