Still Alice by Lisa Genova is an incredible novel about a 50 year old woman named Alice, at the height of her career as a cognitive psychology professor at Harvard, who is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
The novel is written in the voice of Alice. Through letting Alice tell her own story, Genova gives us a powerful and in depth view into the mind of someone with Alzheimer's. It becomes increasingly painful to read, as Alice's mind is slipping away to the point where she doesn't even recognize her own children.
Genova holds a PhD.in neuroscience from Harvard and researched this book with great care. It has been endorsed by the National Alzheimer's Association, and gives a view not often presented of how Alzheimer's can strike the young and how little we can do about this disease.
A brilliant and heartbreaking novel. Highly recommended.
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