What it's about
She notices forgetfulness, then receives a diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer's disease.
The story follows her experience as confusion clouds her thinking and her memory fails.
Written in plain English by an AI model from the publisher's description; every sentence matches a passage of it.
The publisher's description
Alice 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. As confusion starts to cloud her thinking and her memory begins to fail her, she receives a devastating diagnosis: early onset Alzheimer's disease.
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Reviews
Still Alice by Lisa Genova ↗
“The brutal facts of Alzheimer's are heartbreaking, and it's impossible not to feel for Alice and her loved ones, but Genova's prose style is clumsy and her dialogue heavy-handed.”
The review finds the subject heartbreaking but criticizes the prose style and dialogue as clumsy and heavy-handed.
STILL ALICE ↗
“First novel efficiently showcases the experience of developing early-onset Alzheimer’s.”
The review says the novel efficiently depicts the experience of early-onset Alzheimer's.
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