Absolutely devastating book about early onset Alzheimers. Alice Howland is a professor of Linguistics at Harvard and when memory problems begin intruding on her life, she assumes tha menopause is causing disorientation, forgetfulness, and so on. This was stunning, and heartbreaking, and terrifying.
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Monday, May 11, 2009
Still Alice, by Lisa Genova
Absolutely devastating book about early onset Alzheimers. Alice Howland is a professor of Linguistics at Harvard and when memory problems begin intruding on her life, she assumes tha menopause is causing disorientation, forgetfulness, and so on. This was stunning, and heartbreaking, and terrifying.
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