"Because the full, internal experience of Alzheimer's is an account that fiction alone can deliver, it's no surprise that the go-to book for caretakers and early-stage sufferers is a novel.
"Heartbreaking." - The Cape Cod Chronicle "With grace and compassion, Lisa Genova writes about the enormous white emptiness created by Alzheimer's." - The Improper Bostonian This book is the best portrayal of the Alzheimer's journey that I have read." - Mark Warner, Alzheimer's Daily News "A masterpiece that will touch lives in ways none of us can even imagine. "A work of pure genius." - Charley Schneider, author of Don't Bury Me, It Ain't Over Yet It will change you." - Julia Fox Garrison, author of Don't Leave Me This Way You owe it to yourself and your loved ones to read this book. "With a master storyteller's easy eloquence, Lisa Genova shines a searing spotlight on this Alice's surreal wonderland. "This book is as important as it is impressive, and will grace the lives of those affected by this dread disease for generations to come." - Phil Bolsta, author of Sixty Seconds "After I read Still Alice, I wanted to stand up and tell a train full of strangers, 'You have to get this book.'" - Beverly Beckham, The Boston Globe Still Alice is a story that must be told." - Brunonia Barry, New York Times bestselling author of The Lace Reader So real, in fact, that it kept me from sleeping for several nights. Reminiscent of A Beautiful Mind, Ordinary People, and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Still Alice packs a powerful emotional punch and marks the arrival of a strong new voice in fiction. In turns heartbreaking, inspiring, and terrifying, Still Alice captures in remarkable detail what it's like to literally lose your mind. Fiercely independent, Alice struggles to maintain her lifestyle and live in the moment, even as her sense of self is being stripped away.
As confusion starts to cloud her thinking and her memory begins to fail her, she receives a devastating diagnosis: early onset Alzheimer's disease. Now a major motion picture starring Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kate Bosworth, and Kristen Stewart!Īlice Howland, happily married with three grown children and a house on the Cape, is a celebrated Harvard professor at the height of her career when she notices a forgetfulness creeping into her life. Description In Lisa Genova's extraordinary New York Times bestselling novel, an accomplished woman slowly loses her thoughts and memories to Alzheimer's disease-only to discover that each day brings a new way of living and loving.
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