One typical morning, Sarah Nickerson, a woman in her mid-thirties, is late for work, racing in her car after dropping her kids off at school and daycare, she tries to phone in to a meeting she should already be at when she takes her eye off the road for one second too long. And in that blink of an [...]
Sarah Nickerson, like any other working mom, is busy trying to have it all. One morning while racing to work and distracted by her cell phone, she looks away from the road for one second too long. In that blink of an eye, all the rapidly moving parts of her over-scheduled life come to a screeching h[...]
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 th[...]
An extraordinary debut novel about an accomplished woman who slowly loses her thoughts and memories to a harrowing disease -- only to discover that each day brings a new way of living and loving
Alice Howland is proud of the life she worked so hard to build. At fifty years old, she's a cog[...]
Sarah Nickerson, like any other working mom, is busy trying to have it all. One morning while racing to work and distracted by her cell phone, she looks away from the road for one second too long. In that blink of an eye, all the rapidly moving parts of her over-scheduled life come to a screeching h[...]
"I m always hearing about how my brain doesn t work right But it doesn t feel broken to me. "Olivia Donatelli s dream of a normal life shattered when her son, Anthony, was diagnosed with autism at age three. He didn t speak. He hated to be touched. He almost never made eye contact. And just as Olivi[...]
From the bestselling author of Still Alice comes a heartfelt novel about friendship and a mother coping with the loss of her autistic son[...]
An incredibly moving and insightful story of a woman with early onset Alzheimer's Disease that does for Alzheimer's what Mark Haddon did for autism.[...]
The breathtaking new novel from the author of STILL ALICE, now adapted into a film starring Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, and Kristen Stewart.[...]
From the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Still Alice" Lisa Genova comes a powerful and transcendent new novel about a family struggling with the impact of Huntington's disease.
Joe O'Brien is a forty-four-year-old police officer from the Irish Catholic neighborhood of Charlestown, Massac[...]
In Lisa Genova's extraordinary "New York Times" bestselling novel, an accomplished professor diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease learns that her worth is comprised of more than her ability to remember. Now a major motion picture from Sony Pictures Classics starring Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kate [...]
In Lisa Genova's extraordinary "New York Times" bestselling novel, an accomplished professor diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease learns that her worth is comprised of more than her ability to remember. Now a major motion picture from Sony Pictures Classics starring Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kate [...]
An incredibly moving and insightful story of a woman with early onset Alzheimer's Disease that does for Alzheimer's what Mark Haddon did for autism.[...]
When Alice finds herself in the rapidly downward spiral of Alzheimer's Disease she is just fifty years old. A university professor, wife, and mother of three, she still has so much more to do - books to write, places to see, grandchildren to meet. But when she can't remember how to make her famous C[...]
One typical morning, Sarah Nickerson, a woman in her mid-thirties, is late for work, racing in her car after dropping her kids off at school and daycare. She tries to phone in to a meeting she should already be at when she takes her eye off the road for a second too long. In that blink of an eye, al[...]
When Alice finds herself in the rapidly downward spiral of Alzheimer's Disease she is just fifty years old. A university professor, wife, and mother of three, she still has so much more to do - books to write, places to see, grandchildren to meet. But when she can't remember how to make her famous C[...]
This companion to Still Alice includes: Summary of the book Character Analysis A Discussion on Themes And much more![...]
Alice ist zufrieden mit sich und ihrem Leben. Sie ist glucklich verheiratet, ihre drei Kinder sind bereits aus dem Grobsten raus, und auch beruflich hat sie ihren Traum verwirklichen konnen. Als Professorin fur kognitive Psychologie ist sie eine anerkannte Groe in Harvard. Doch plotzlich beginnt sie[...]
Alice er femti år og jobber som professor ved Harvard universitet. Hun er en anerkjent forsker, lykkelig gift og har tre vellykkede barn. Men hun har begynt å glemme ting på en foruroligende måte. Dette er en roman om hvordan det er å leve med Alzheimer - om hvordan det er å sakte, men uunngå[...]
Sarah Nickerson elsker sit job, sin mand og sine tre børn - og ikke mindst sin ultrastabile barnepige, der får det hele til at hænge sammen. Det er et godt liv, men hun har travlt, alt, alt for travlt, og det kan næsten ikke andet end at gå galt.
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Alice er professor ved Harvard og får som 50-årig konstateret Alzheimers sygdom. Vi følger, også fra Alice's synsvinkel, omverdenens reaktion og hendes egen angst og tiltagende mentale opløsning. Alice's sygdom får dog også familien til at samles i kærlighed om hende[...]