Still Alice

Title: Still Alice
Author: Lisa Genova
Type: Paperback
Read: 17th November - 21st November 2015
Rating: 5/5
Published: 26th February 2015 by Simon & Schuster UK

Alice Howland is proud of the life she worked so hard to build. At fifty, she's a cognitive psychology professor at Harvard and a renowned expert in linguistics, with a successful husband and three grown children. When she begins to grow forgetful and disoriented, she dismisses it for as long as she can until a tragic diagnosis changes her life - and her relationship with her family and the world around her - for ever.
Unable to care for herself, Alice struggles to find meaning and purpose as her concept of self gradually slips away. But Alice is a remarkable woman, and her family learn more about her and each other in their quest to hold on to the Alice they know. Her memory hanging by a frayed thread, she is living in the moment, living for each day. But she is still Alice. 

A heartbreaking tale of Alice who not long after turning 50, is diagnosed with Alzheimers disease. We see this from Alice's view, from the trial of coming to terms with it, and to the fear she has of one day realising, that she will loose her memories and everyone around her.

It's a touching story, it's sad and you'll look at this disease in a new light. It does make you think. Alice is a hard working mum of three, she's a doctor at Harvad university, she's known for her work, her mind, her brilliance. It's a scary thought that its all taken away from her.

I really felt for Alice and her three children. I wasn't at all fond of her husband John. I don't think he could cope with it and the choices he made or wanted to make seemed really selfish. He's way because well Alice wont' remember.

I would watch the film for this, just to see how its' on the big screen. However i'm not sure if its based on a true story or not. But its a wonderful, thought provoking book.

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