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Still Alice

by Lisa Genova

Gallery Books | January 6, 2009 | Trade Paperback

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Still Alice is a compelling debut novel about a 50-year-old woman''s sudden descent into early onset Alzheimer''s disease, written by first-time author Lisa Genova, who holds a Ph. D in neuroscience from Harvard University.

Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children and a house on the Cape, is a celebrated Harvard professor at the height of her career when she notices a forgetfulness creeping into her life. As confusion starts to cloud her thinking and her memory begins to fail her, she receives a devastating diagnosis: early onset Alzheimer''s disease. Fiercely independent, Alice struggles to maintain her lifestyle and live in the moment, even as her sense of self is being stripped away. In turns heartbreaking, inspiring and terrifying, Still Alice captures in remarkable detail what''s it''s like to literally lose your mind...

Reminiscent of A Beautiful Mind, Ordinary People and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Still Alice packs a powerful emotional punch and marks the arrival of a strong new voice in fiction.

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by DianaMC
11 months ago

What an amazing novel. Gives you such insight into Early On Set Alzheimer's, through the eyes of the person who has the illness. Very moving and thought provoking, heartbreaking at times. Makes you think about your own life and how you would deal with having a loved one with Alzheimer's or having the diagnosis yourself. Absolutely loved it!