Still Alice in Self-Published Only Club

Aug 12, 2020 Amber rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I think this is the most heartbreaking book I’ve read all year. I enjoyed it and I will definitely check out her other books but, this one broke my heart literally. Alice started out as a professor at Harvard and the little things and as she is going through everything and the way that the kids step up towards the end to take care of her is amazing. I love the way that the the book was told by her perspective and how it showed little by little she lost it. Definitely recommend but definitely a h ...more

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Apr 06, 2020 Gab rated it really liked it

I listened to the audiobook, which was narrated by the author and I'm blown away that this was her first novel. I saw the movie a few years ago which I really enjoyed and now having read the book, I liked the smaller details that the book contains. Alice Howland is brilliant, a Harvard professor of linguistics; words are her living. When she starts to forget a few words here and there, she puts it down to menopause as she has just turned 50. But then she finds herself completely lost on a run cl ...more

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Feb 16, 2009 Barbara rated it really liked it

Shelves: my-book-group-reads, medical-conditions

Reading for two book groups I belong to, one in Jan. 2013 and one in April 2013.

I like alot of other reviewers found I wanted to know more about the life of Alice. I like that the author wrote about this disease from the perspective of Alice. It's sad seeing a family member going downhill from memory loss.

The book takes you from when Alice is teaching at Harvard and then over a period of two years and shows you how fast this disease can progress. You start seeing how family members and friends ...more

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Dec 14, 2010 Suzan Jackson rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, book-group-book, realistic-fiction

This is a powerful, emotional novel about a 50-year old woman dealing with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Though it is sad at times, at its heart, this novel is about the strength of the human spirit and its capacity for joy and love.

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http://bookbybook.blogspot.com/2010/1... ...more

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