A review by jenkittycatfrog
Still Alice by Lisa Genova

4.0

OK, so I recommended a book to a friend and she responded with this book. I was reluctant, let's face it a book about Alzheimer's disease was guaranteed to be sad if not an all out cry-fest. I checked it out at my library on Tuesday and despite a full-time job was finished by Thursday night. Wow! Very moving. I was completely engrossed and felt connected to this woman's journey into the depths of full on memory loss. Please read. As my friend said when recommending this, "everyone should read this, no matter what age." Having worked with people who have this disease, I thought I had an idea of what it might be like. I know my terror is real with regards to this disease, but after reading this I somehow take solace and I'm not sure why. Maybe because I know there are great people acting as caregivers to Alzheimer patients and that I have a loving family who I hope would act like Alice's daughters if I ever got this disease. My final thought is that I am so hopeful a cure to this disease will soon be found. Thank you Lisa Genova for your wonderful character and emotional attention to this frightening disease.