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Alice Howland is a fifty years old and is a psychology professor at Harvard University. Her career keeps her busy with teaching, speaking, engagements and plenty of research. She is married to John and they have three adult children who also lead busy lives.
During Alice's busy schedules she starts to notice that she is having moments of forgetfulness. She puts this down to stress, lack of sleep or perhaps the start of menopause. As the weeks pass by things start to get worse so Alice makes an ap ...more
During Alice's busy schedules she starts to notice that she is having moments of forgetfulness. She puts this down to stress, lack of sleep or perhaps the start of menopause. As the weeks pass by things start to get worse so Alice makes an ap ...more
3.5 stars
How would you react if you knew you were losing your memories? Are we what we remember? What happens when your brain won't remember who you love, the things you like, the friends you know anymore?
This is a first person account of what it is like to be diagnosed with Early Onset Alzheimer's disease.
It raises some interesting thoughts around how we define ourselves in regards to what we remember, how we define ourselves by our memories and what happens when nothing makes sense anymore whe ...more
How would you react if you knew you were losing your memories? Are we what we remember? What happens when your brain won't remember who you love, the things you like, the friends you know anymore?
This is a first person account of what it is like to be diagnosed with Early Onset Alzheimer's disease.
It raises some interesting thoughts around how we define ourselves in regards to what we remember, how we define ourselves by our memories and what happens when nothing makes sense anymore whe ...more
This is an excellent fictional look into early onset Alzheimer's from the point of view of the patient. A heartbreaking tale but it gives some good insight to this disease.
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Really emotive well written good character development as someone who has experience of a relative with Alzheimer's it gave me an insight through Alice as how they must feel
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Great book! Wow! So much more than I thought it would be!
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