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Alice Howland, a 50-year-old psychology professor at Harvard, develops early onset Alzheimer's disease and faces an increasingly limiting future.
I loved this and read straight through it as soon as it arrived. Alzheimer's is a terrifying condition and I can understand Alice thinking she would rather have cancer. Having read a bit about Alzheimer's before, I suspect Lisa Genova downplays some aspects, like the anger. But perhaps it would be too depressing if she didn't focus on the good moments t ...more
I loved this and read straight through it as soon as it arrived. Alzheimer's is a terrifying condition and I can understand Alice thinking she would rather have cancer. Having read a bit about Alzheimer's before, I suspect Lisa Genova downplays some aspects, like the anger. But perhaps it would be too depressing if she didn't focus on the good moments t ...more
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