• Author: Lisa Genova
  • Published in 2009, 293 pages.
  • Still Alice discussion questions from the publisher

Description

Still Alice is a compelling debut novel about a 50-year-old woman’s sudden descent into early onset Alzheimer’s disease, written by first-time author Lisa Genova, who holds a Ph. D in neuroscience from Harvard University. 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’s it’s like to literally lose your mind… Still Alice packs a powerful emotional punch and marks the arrival of a strong new voice in fiction. Description from book jacket

Research the author and the book using library resources

Information on the author’s life and works is available through our library’s online resources. Recommended online resources for Still Alice by Lisa Genova include Literature Resource Center. Enter  your library barcode and then use the author’s name or the book title to search for full-text encyclopedia or magazine articles.

Additional information

If you’d like to learn more about Alzheimer’s or help those suffering from the disease, please visit www.actionalz.org or www.alz.org.
The Harvard Square and Harvard University setting plays an important role inStill Alice. Take a virtual tour at:http://www.everyscape.com/View/HarvardSquare/
Visit the author’s website.

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