Lisa Genova
publisher
Simon & Schuster
format
Paperback
pages
286
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A year and a half ago, several of my book groups had lively and stimulating discussions about STILL ALICE by Lisa Genova. Just yesterday, Dr. Jill Rieger mentioned to me that her book group had just discussed it-and loved it-so if you somehow missed this book, you should make an effort to read it. Alice Howland is proud of the life she worked so hard to build. At fifty years old, she's a cognitive psychology professor at Harvard and a world-renowned expert in linguistics. She has a successful husband and three grown children. When she begins to grow disoriented and forgetful, a tragic diagnosis changes her life - and her relationship with her family and the world-forever. This is a beautiful and terrifying debut novel by Lisa Genova, a first time novelist who has a PhD in neuroscience from Harvard University and is an online columnist for the National Alzheimer's Association. STILL ALICE is a moving and vivid depiction of life with early onset Alzheimer's Disease.
About the AuthorLisa Genova graduated valedictorian from Bates College with a degree in Biopsychology and has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Harvard University. She has done research on the molecular etiology of depression, Parkinson's Disease, drug addiction, and memory loss following stroke. She is a proud and active member of the Dementia Advocacy & Support Network International. Look for her next novel, LEFT NEGLECTED, coming January 4, 2011.
Beyond the book
Link to the author discussion of the book:
http://www.simonandschuster.com/multimedia?video=6418788001
Praise:
"A work of pure genius."
"Powerful, insightful, tragic, inspirational.
"Heartbreakingly real."
"You have to get this book."
"A masterpiece."
"It will inform you. It will scare you. It will change you."
"Moving and haunting."
New York Times Bestseller
Nominated for 2010 Indies Choice Debut Book of the Year by the American Booksellers Association
#6 Top Book Group Favorite of 2009 by Reading Group Choices
Top 10 Reading Group List for Fall '09/Winter '10 by Indie Booksellers
Winner--2008 Bronte Prize
Barnes & Noble Discover Pick Winter 2009 Indie Next Pick
January 2009 Borders Book Club Pick -- February 2009 Target Book Club Pick -- February 2009 Buffalo News Book Club Pick -- January 2009 DeepDiscount.com Book of the Month -- January 2009 Dame Magazine Best Books -- January 2009 The Australian Women's Weekly Great Read Pick--March 2009 Finalist--General Fiction, 2008 Next Generation Indie Book Awards