Barbara Carlile

Barbara Carlile asked Lisa Genova:

Have you ever thought of writing a book from the POV of the caregiver of someone with a serious illness?

Lisa Genova Hi Barbara! YES--I just did! My next book, EVERY NOTE PLAYED, is told in 2 perspectives. We have the POV of Richard the concert pianist with ALS and the POV of Karina, his ex-wife who becomes his reluctant caregiver. And this story belongs just as much to her as it does to Richard.

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Jessica Carney

Jessica Carney asked Lisa Genova:

Attended an incredible talk by Dr. Dewey (NYU) on the brain and addiction. Have you considered any addiction based novels, the PET scans and stim results were incredible? You were the first author I thought of that would do this subject justice.

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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Jessica Tjaden

Jessica Tjaden asked Lisa Genova:

I was just going to suggest bipolar or addiction, as these are two mental illnesses we are seeing more and more. Addiction and alcoholism is very hard for people to understand and I’m always advocating for people to write about them to help non-addicts understand why we can’t just stop. Hopefully you will consider this???

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