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The author is a neuropsychologist (if I'm remembering right) who herself attended Harvard for her PhD. She creates a work of fiction that feels very true. The book is unusual because it is from the perspective of a person with Alzheimer's, not their caregivers.

I liked the title a lot, because it got to one of the core issues: would Alice still be Alice if she lost the strengths around which she had developed so much of her identity? I appreciated seeing her find the ways in which, even with the loss of her memory, she was still Alice.

I highly recommend it. I read it because it was recommended by a few friends on Goodreads. A great choice!]]>