Lisa Genova
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url
http://www.goodreads.com/lisagenova
born
November 22, 1970
gender
female
place of birth
The United States
website
genre
Literature & Fiction
influences
Oliver Sacks, Stanford Meisner, Christopher Seufert
member since
November 2007
about this author
I'm a Harvard-trained Neuroscientist, a Meisner-trained actress, and an entirely untrained writer!
My first novel, STILL ALICE, winner of the 2008 Bronte Prize, was released on January 6, 2009 and debuted at #5 on the New York Times Bestseller list!
It was originally self-published for almost a year before it was bought at auction by Simon & Schuster.
I live in Chatham, Massachusetts with my husband, documentary filmmaker and photographer Christopher Seufert, and two children.
"After I read STILL ALICE I wanted to stand up and tell a train full of strangers, YOU HAVE TO GET THIS BOOK." - Beverly Beckham, Boston Sunday Globe
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interviews
October 2009,
Lisa Genova
" What Readers want to know... SS: How would you describe perfect happiness? LG: My son's (he's 1) or my daughter's (she's 8) face lighting up when excited about something. Pure joy!
Or, if I've changed too many diapers and listened to endless whining th..." ...More
" What Readers want to know... SS: How would you describe perfect happiness? LG: My son's (he's 1) or my daughter's (she's 8) face lighting up when excited about something. Pure joy!
Or, if I've changed too many diapers and listened to endless whining th..." ...More
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Complete Artists Way (Hardcover) by Julia Cameron bookshelves: currently-reading |
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"I read this book while I wrote Still Alice, and I'm reading it again while I write Left Neglected. Thank you, Julia Cameron, for this amazing gift!! And thank you to RJ Julia's book store in CT for the gift of this edition.
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Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow (Paperback) by Elizabeth Lesser bookshelves: currently-reading |
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The Story of Forgetting: A Novel (Hardcover) by Stefan Merrill Block (Goodreads author) bookshelves: currently-reading |
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"LOVED this book! Especially the strong and distinctive voices of the three main characters.
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"She liked being reminded of butterflies. She remembered being six or seven and crying over the fates of the butterflies in her yard after learning that they lived for only a few days. Her mother had comforted her and told her not to be sad for the butterflies, that just because their lives were short didn't mean they were tragic. Watching them flying in the warm sun among the daisies in their garden, her mother had said to her, see, they have a beautiful life. Alice liked remembering that."
— Lisa Genova (Still Alice)
— Lisa Genova (Still Alice)
"You're so beautiful," said Alice. "I'm afraid of looking at you and not knowing who you are."
"I think that even if you don't know who I am someday, you'll still know that I love you."
"What if I see you, and I don't know that you're my daughter, and I don't know that you love me?"
"Then, I'll tell you that I do, and you'll believe me."
— Lisa Genova (Still Alice)
"I think that even if you don't know who I am someday, you'll still know that I love you."
"What if I see you, and I don't know that you're my daughter, and I don't know that you love me?"
"Then, I'll tell you that I do, and you'll believe me."
— Lisa Genova (Still Alice)
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"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
— Maya Angelou
— Maya Angelou
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