Still Alice (Unabridged)
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4.5 • 78 Ratings
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- $4.99
Publisher 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. Now a major motion picture starring Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kate Bosworth, and Kristen Stewart!
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. Fiercely independent, Alice struggles to maintain her lifestyle and live in the moment, even as her sense of self is being stripped away. In turns heartbreaking, inspiring, and terrifying, Still Alice captures in remarkable detail what it’s like to literally lose your mind...
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.
Customer Reviews
Amazing.
I know Im late in the game but I just happened to see excerpts of the film on TikTok. That made me want to see the movie but felt that I needed to read the book first (opted the audiobook route so I can listen to it while driving). Having worked with patients with Alzheimers and having grandparents go through dementia, I felt that the book was expertly written. I gave me glimpses of how patients with this disease think, how they live and how their memories slowly fade away. So many emotions came up while listening. I cant wait to see the movie.