"Still Alice" by Lisa Genova

PanamaHaven

Did anybody read it? It's such a moving story and gives good insight into the devastation the illness can have on the individual and the family. Highly recommended. They are making it into a movie right now starring Julianne Moore.

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...
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.

Wyldwood

Yes, I read it a few years ago and I agree it is a very moving but scary story. It gives a great insight into the way the mind deteriorates.

I enjoy Lisa Genova's work, Left Neglected is another great read.

apieceofcake

I read it too.

Very well written and would recommend it.