Every Note Played in Around the World in 80 Books

Jul 08, 2018 Barondestructo rated it really liked it

This book surprised me. I liked but didn't love the author's last book, Still Alive, a novel that treads similar ground. In that one, a college professor is told she has Alzheimer's and we chart the gradual toll the disease takes on her and her loved ones. In this one, a celebrated pianist is diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) and we follow the inevitable erosion of his motor skills, the ensuing paralysis, and the affect is has on his loved ones. Similar narrative tracks with somewhat dif ...more

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May 22, 2019 Lisa rated it it was amazing

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Wow! Another home run by Lisa Genova. This was a heart-wrenching insight into how ALS affects those who have it and their families. A gripping story, that had me turning pages and, yes, sobbing, all the way through. Highly recommended if you have a good supply of tissues!

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Feb 12, 2022 Jen Pratt rated it liked it

I was looking forward to this book since I loved Still Alice and Left Neglected also by Lisa Genova and my step grandpa died of ALS. It was a great window into this tragic disease, but I was disappointed that this story had sex and the f-word. It’s hard to have a happy story with something as tragic as ALS being so central, but this had some depressing characters with such poor abilities to communicate with each other that it was extra painful. I love that Lisa Genova is helping to shed more lig ...more

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Apr 18, 2018 Andy Plonka rated it really liked it

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Genova is great about educating the general public about mostly terminal medical conditions without being maudlin or overly compassionate. She tells it like it is and what alternatives medicine offers. In this book she explores ALS.

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