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Still Alice by Lisa Genova
There are very few books that have an everlasting effect on me. I usually remember them all, but every now and then I read one that stays with me afterwards for a very long time. This is one of them. Still Alice a beautifully written book about one woman's battle with early onset Alzheimer's Disease. Alice is able to pull you into her world and makes you see what she does and makes you feel what she feels. I don't know how anyone could read this and not feel apart of Alice herself. I won't lie, but it is a pretty scary feeling. When she panicked I could feel it. It is such a heart wrenching story that I don't recommend reading it unless you are in the right frame of mind. With that said here is a synopisis of Still Alice from the Still Alice website:
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...
Lisa Genova is such an awesome author. I highly recommemd this book.
Submitted for June's TMSH # 5 - Summer reading
Still Alice by Lisa Genova
There are very few books that have an everlasting effect on me. I usually remember them all, but every now and then I read one that stays with me afterwards for a very long time. This is one of them. Still Alice a beautifully written book about one woman's battle with early onset Alzheimer's Disease. Alice is able to pull you into her world and makes you see what she does and makes you feel what she feels. I don't know how anyone could read this and not feel apart of Alice herself. I won't lie, but it is a pretty scary feeling. When she panicked I could feel it. It is such a heart wrenching story that I don't recommend reading it unless you are in the right frame of mind. With that said here is a synopisis of Still Alice from the Still Alice website:
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...
Lisa Genova is such an awesome author. I highly recommemd this book.
Submitted for June's TMSH # 5 - Summer reading