{"product_id":"book-em2t","title":"The Seven Ages of Death","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrought to you by Penguin.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe heart-wrenchingly honest new book about \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003elife and death\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e from forensic pathologist and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eUnnatural Causes\u003c\/i\u003e, Dr Richard Shepherd.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis book is about death, but in it I will take readers on a journey through life...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat can death teach us about life? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConducting many thousands of post-mortems has given Dr Richard Shepherd the opportunity to examine death at every stage of life.  Each autopsy is its own unique investigation, providing evidence of how, through life, the risks to us ebb and flow.  From old to young, from murder to misadventure, and from illness to accidental death, each body has taught him something: about human development, about mortality, about its owner's life story, about justice and even about himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eUnnatural Causes\u003c\/i\u003e comes a powerful, moving, endlessly fascinating and above all reassuring book about death as it touches our own lives - how to understand it, how best to postpone it, and, when our time comes (as it must come), how to embrace it, as the last great adventure on our journey through life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Dr Richard Shepherd\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Gripping, grimly fascinating, and I suspect I'll read it at least twice' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A deeply mesmerising memoir of forensic pathology. Human and fascinating' \u003c\/b\u003eNigella Lawson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An absolutely brilliant book. I really recommend it, I don't often say that but it's fascinating' \u003c\/b\u003eJeremy Vine, BBC Radio 2\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Puts the reader at his elbow as he wields the scalpel'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Fascinating, gruesome yet engrossing' \u003c\/b\u003eRichard and Judy, \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fascinating, insightful, candid, compassionate'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© Dr Richard Shepherd 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49362883576112,"sku":"BDem2t","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/269407-em2t-Square.jpg?v=1734513722","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-em2t","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}