Still Alice

by Lisa Genova

Paperback, 2014

Publication

Pocket Books (2014), Edition: Media Tie-In, 400 pages

Description

Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children and a house on the Cape, is a celebrated Harvard professor at the height of her career when she notices a forgetfulness creeping into her life. As confusion starts to cloud her thinking and her memory begins to fail her, she receives a devastating diagnosis: early onset Alzheimer's disease.

Awards

Original language

English

Original publication date

2007

Media reviews

When looking for a publisher for this story, Genova was often told that it would only appeal to the Alzheimer's community. So, she self-published and self-marketed. Word of mouth spread about the universal appeal of Still Alice, and she gained an agent, a publisher, a top-10 spot on The New York
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Times and Globe and Mail bestseller lists, and some high praise for her compassionate page-turner. It's well deserved.
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Physical description

400 p.; 4.13 inches

ISBN

1501107739 / 9781501107733
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