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Still Alice

Lisa Genova

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Nov 01, 2015 Tracy rated it really liked it

Read this one for book club. It really helped me to better understand what a loved one might feel as they struggle with a disease of the mind which they no longer have control over. I liked this one a lot.

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Dec 07, 2013 AmyAmy rated it it was amazing

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I will no longer joke by saying "I have alzheimers" when I forget something.

I have to admit, I think I would fail some of the memory tests the doctors administer. The "July 5, 2002, a lady with 6 children walks to a house on fire in Boise, Idaho, and 17 firemen approach the scene," then he asks her other easy questions for 10 minutes, after which, he asks her which month, which year, which city, how many children, how many firemen... I would have failed that.

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May 12, 2019 marianne rated it liked it

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The elements that make up Still Alice are excellent. A Harvard professor at the peak of her career is hit with early onset dementia, a devastating blow to her and her family. The story is told from her perspective, in the third person (I’m sure there is a term for that, but I can’t find it); it’s interesting (and terrifying) to watch her live through the stages of her relationship with this disease, starting with flippant denial and moving through combativeness, frustration, confusion, etc.

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