Still Alice
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.
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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Readers say *Still Alice* offers a deeply moving, thought-provoking portrayal of early onset Alzheimer's from the protagonist’s perspective, praised f...
This is a beautiful book that everyone should read! Beautiful story not only about the devastating effects of Alzheimer's, but also about the love of a family.
This is one of the scariest book I have ever read. An intelligent, independent woman in the bloom of life is stopped in her tracks forever by Alzheimer. She can't fight, comprehend it, escape it. It's a life sentence, to her, and all those around her. I felt such sadness and stress. The saddest of all was her inability to put the "butterfly" plan into action. On the downside, I wished I heard more from the husband.
I really liked this book, it’s written really well and from the perspective of someone suffering with early onset Alzheimer’s. Could be deeply personal for those with relatives/friends with the disease or those individuals themselves. I thought it was very well written and thought provoking, grasping the concept of things that are taken for granted in all of our lives but so difficult for anyone living with this disease.
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