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Still Alice

Lisa Genova

Start date: September 1, 2011

Finish date: September 30, 2011

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Mar 19, 2013 Sharon rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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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

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Jul 17, 2013 Lisa rated it it was amazing

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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. ...more

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Aug 19, 2019 Lori Keeton rated it really liked it

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So heart wrenching. I love Lisa Genova’s novels. This one didn’t disappoint.

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Feb 20, 2013 Ashley rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I stayed up until 3am finishing this book last night. This book was heartbreaking but so hard to put down. Never have I cried so much while reading a book. Even thinking about it now brings tears to my eyes.

The characters in Still Alice were all believable and their reactions to Alice's diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer's all varied and seemed real. It breaks my heart that so many families are affected by this horrible disease. ...more

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