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Love by the Book (Ladies of Summerhill, #3)
by Cara Lynn James (Goodreads Author)

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I won this book through goodreads first-reads! Narrated from the perspective of 64 year old, Jennifer White, M.D., we enter the head of Dr. White as she succumbs to Alzheimer's. This is difficult reading; there are no joys, only pain and appalling I won this book through goodreads first-reads! Narrated from the perspective of 64 year old, Jennifer White, M.D., we enter the head of Dr. White as she succumbs to Alzheimer's. This is difficult reading; there are no joys, only pain and appalling humiliation. Dr. White charts her experiences by writing notes from the vicissitudes of her life permitting us to get inside her head and view events from her point of view. It is a harsh undertaking for the reader to journey with this highly talented orthopedic surgeon as she loses her mind to dementia. The setting is the Lincoln Park area of Chicago, a familiar area for me. The neighborhood usually boasts wealthy home or condo owners who are either old money or ambitious artists and businessmen who prefer the city to the suburbs.

Alice LaPlante does not hold back. Dr. White is combative, tough, and short-tempered and takes us into an unbearable abyss of the failing mind. The writing is often fragmented with lyrical forays into her special memories. What saves this book from being a total downer is Jennifer's brilliance and her hard-boiled approach to her profession and often, her family. We quickly learn that Alzheimer's is so much more than forgetfulness.

At the beginning of the novel, she has a caretaker, the big blonde woman, Magdalena, whom she is often daily introduced. Magdalena was hired by her Dr. White's children, Mark and Fiona. They have given her awesome responsibility to monitor Jennifer and it is a humbling experience for both of them. Jennifer is trapped in her mind and Magdalena is trapped in a job which is overwhelming and temporary.

There is a secondary story involving the murder of her best friend, Amanda O'Toole. Dr. White becomes a suspect and is beleaguered with the police asking her questions she cannot deduce. There is a twist to this murder but it is weak to the major interior conflict of Jennifer's deteriorating mind. LaPlante needed a plot device and this did work as the novel reached its denouement.

Alice LaPlante portrays Dr. White as a doomed character but her unconventional life, opinions and flare-ups make her an edgy character. As a prior highly influential doctor, we were treated with her medical terminology as she traveled in the throes of dementia. Never remembering that her husband, James, is dead, LaPlante moves Jennifer from her lovely home to an institution where she will live out her life. How sad and scary. Despite the realism of this downward spiral, I highly recommend the book. ...more

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Super Body, Super Brain: The Workout That Does It All
by Michael Gonzalez-Wallace

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Redeeming Love
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