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This novel is a very realistic portrayal of Alzheimer’s disease but the writing lacks emotional detail, leaving the reader detached from the characters. When Alice Howland, a 50 year old cognitive psychology professor at Harvard with three children and a happy marriage is diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s her world is shattered. A woman who takes pride in her work and family must deal with the reality that soon she will not only lose the ability to work but will also lose the ability to ide
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Still Alice – Lisa Genova
4 Stars
Cross Tagged Debut Novel
In Genova’s debut novel, Genova uses her background as a neuroscientist to shed light on the affects of Alzheimer’s on the patient, caregiver, and extended family.
Genova chose a simplistic writing style that, in light of the subject matter, works well. We are introduced to Alice and husband John who are both highly accomplished Harvard professors. Ironically, Alice is a linguistics professor. Alice is portrayed as your typically career-or ...more
4 Stars
Cross Tagged Debut Novel
In Genova’s debut novel, Genova uses her background as a neuroscientist to shed light on the affects of Alzheimer’s on the patient, caregiver, and extended family.
Genova chose a simplistic writing style that, in light of the subject matter, works well. We are introduced to Alice and husband John who are both highly accomplished Harvard professors. Ironically, Alice is a linguistics professor. Alice is portrayed as your typically career-or ...more
I read this in advance of seeing Lisa Genova this month at the Speaker Series. Listening to Alice, as her Alzheimer's disease progressed, was painful and illuminating. The writing was brilliant, as I witnessed reactions of family and friends to Alice's disease through her eyes. This book reminded me of The Rosie Project and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, as you learn about a disease, in this case Alzheimer's, by being in the mind of the afflicted. I felt the book gave practic
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Jan 02, 2016
Barbara M
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it was amazing
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Audio book. This was a very well done audio, I really enjoyed listening to it and couldn't wait to get back to the story. The story of Dr. Alice Howland was such a learning experience to me. She was certainly way too young to develop Alzheimer's and most likely her intelligence masked its onset. Her insight into what was happening to her really made the story. I certainly wondered where the author got the research that went into this fiction. It seemed too real to be a fiction.
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