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Still Alice

By Lisa Genova

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In Lisa Genova's extraordinary New York Times bestselling novel, an accomplished woman slowly loses her thoughts and memories to Alzheimer's disease--only to discover that each day brings a new way of living and loving. Now a major motion picture starring Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kate Bosworth, and Kristen Stewart!

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 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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292 pages

Average rating: 8.33

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JulieChristmas

Nov 25, 2024

8/10 stars

Just an amazing read - I could not put it down. And how fascinating to learn that Lisa Genova has a PhD form Harvard in Neuroscience...She did such a great job of portraying how Alice felt - so very eloquent. I thought it particularly masterful how she captured her feelings toward the end when Alice was beginning to recede into herself. Although we all know that is what happens with Alzheimer's victims, I never thought about it from the point of view of the afflicted. Suddenly so much of herself was just absent. It was really chilling and scary to me.

LTC

Nov 20, 2024

Book #7: Laura C picked, Angela hosted!

Scmay

Jul 29, 2024

10/10 stars

This heart wrenching novel was one of the more challenging reads. Not be a use of the story, but because you are in the first row of watching going through Alzheimer's. Do yourself a favor and skip the interpretation of the movie and just read this book!

Anonymous

Mar 24, 2024

6/10 stars

I only gave this book 3 stars because it seemed like the author just decided to stop. But I'm not sure how much further she would take the story without it becoming awful. What I liked best about the book is that it's told from Alice's point of view. She is the one living the disease. As someone with a family member with Alzheimer's I almost wish I hadn't read it. I definitely have no desire to see the movie.

But it does remind me to enjoy the good days. It reminds me of why some days my mother doesn't seem to want to talk to me on the phone. I'm proud of the fact that we include my mother in her treatment. I love having my mother with me, but I miss her.

margardenlady

Dec 27, 2023

10/10 stars

This book broke my heart! As a 50 year old with 3 children...who has been a college professor...it was easy to relate to Ali! It was incredibly poignant to hear from her voice the horrible loss of mental faculty that accompanies Alzheimer's disease. I strongly recommend this for anyone who has a person suffering with Alzheimers in their family!