Our book for March is 'Still Alice'

We will be reading Lisa Genova's small but poignant Still Alice.

 

 

 

 

 

The following is a summary from Good Reading.

 

Still Alice

byLisa Genova (Goodreads Author)

Still Alice4.25 of 5 stars4.25 · rating details · 97,092 ratings · 11,502 reviews

Alice Howland—Harvard professor, gifted researcher, and lecturer, wife, and mother of three grown children—sets out for a run and soon realizes she has no idea how to find her way home. She has taken the route for years, but nothing looks familiar. She is utterly lost. Medical consults reveal early-onset Alzheimer's.

Alice slowly but inevitably loses memory and connection w...moreAlice Howland—Harvard professor, gifted researcher, and lecturer, wife, and mother of three grown children—sets out for a run and soon realizes she has no idea how to find her way home. She has taken the route for years, but nothing looks familiar. She is utterly lost. Medical consults reveal early-onset Alzheimer's.

Alice slowly but inevitably loses memory and connection with reality, as told from her perspective. She gradually loses the ability to follow a conversational thread, the story line of a book, or to recall information she heard just moments before. Genova's debut shows the disease progression through the reactions of others, as Alice does, so readers feel what she feels: a slowly building terror.

 

The Alzheimer's Society had this to say about Still Alice.

Here are some quotes to pique your interest.

 

Looking forward to the discussion about this book at Gordon White Library on Thursday 27 March at 6pm!