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Alzheimers is something that hasn't directly affected my family, so I can only imagine how devastating and heartbreaking it would be to see someone I love suffer from it. But although I don't have a personal connection to the story, I wanted to learn more about the disease and how it impacts the lives of not just the sufferer, but their family and friends.
Alice is an incredibly smart woman and in a way perhaps that makes this book all the more heartbreaking. She's active, intelligent, focused a ...more
Alice is an incredibly smart woman and in a way perhaps that makes this book all the more heartbreaking. She's active, intelligent, focused a ...more
Acabei este livro de coração bem apertado. É um relato crú e dificil da decadência da memória de forma precoce, em alguém tão novo, que podia ser a nossa mãe, a nossa irmã mais velha...
Um doença terrível, à qual ninguém está livre de a sofrer ou presenciar.
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Um doença terrível, à qual ninguém está livre de a sofrer ou presenciar.
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Very seldom do I come across a book that impacts me so much that I am thinking about it during my day-to-day activities. This was one such book. Although it is a fictional story of a very successful 51-year old woman who is diagnosed with early Alzheimer's disease, it is a true story for many people out there. I felt almost shameful to not have not paid much attention to this disease before. Because I hadn't had anyone close in my life with the disease, I never educated myself on it. This story
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A great book with so much insight into Alzheimer disease. It was heartbreaking to see how Alice's mind deteriorates in less than 2 years that she could not even recognized her own children.
I have seen Alzheimer in older people (My Grandma was in her 80's when she was finally diagnosed), but living with this disorienting disease at age 50 must have been horrible for someone as successful as Dr. Alice Howland.
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I have seen Alzheimer in older people (My Grandma was in her 80's when she was finally diagnosed), but living with this disorienting disease at age 50 must have been horrible for someone as successful as Dr. Alice Howland.
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