Still Alice
by Genova, Lisa
Fifty-year-old Alice Howland, a Harvard professor of cognitive psychology, is at the top of her game. Her kids are grown, her marriage secure, her career on fire, when after mere months of forgetfulness she finds herself in the rapidly downward spiral of early onset Alzheimer's disease. With no cure or treatment, Alice struggles to find meaning and purpose in her everyday life as her concept of self slips away. Without memory or hope, she is forced to live in the moment, which is in turns beaut…
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- Full title :Still Alice / Lisa Genova.
Summary
Fifty-year-old Alice Howland, a Harvard professor of cognitive psychology, is at the top of her game. Her kids are grown, her marriage secure, her career on fire, when after mere months of forgetfulness she finds herself in the rapidly downward spiral of early onset Alzheimer's disease. With no cure or treatment, Alice struggles to find meaning and purpose in her everyday life as her concept of self slips away. Without memory or hope, she is forced to live in the moment, which is in turns beautiful, terrifying, and maddening.
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- Publication Date:2009, ©2007.
- Edition:Large print ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Paragon, Wheeler Pub, Windsor
- Place of Publication:Waterville, Me
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2009, ©2007.
Notes
Originally published: New York : IUniverse, Inc., 2007.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (429 pages (large print)).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1597229393, 9781597229395
- oclc:on1151350622
- LC Classification:PS3607.E55
- Dewey Decimal:813/.6
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