My Grandads stepmother had Alzheimer’s disease and although I was too young to have met her, the stories my grandparents would tell about how she was nearly thrown out of her nursing home for brawling with another patient over a “stolen” ring are accurately reflected within this book, as are several other shared family memories. Devastating because that is what Alzheimer’s disease is and what is does not only to the person suffering but to all those who love them as well. In turns heartbreaking, inspiring and terrifying, Still Alice captures in remarkable detail what’s it’s like to literally lose your mind…īook Worm’s Thoughts: If I had to write a one word review it would be “Devastating”. Fiercely independent, Alice struggles to maintain her lifestyle and live in the moment, even as her sense of self is being stripped away. As confusion starts to cloud her thinking and her memory begins to fail her, she receives a devastating diagnosis: early onset Alzheimer’s disease. Synopsis from Goodreads: 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. My first 5 star read of 2020 and it’s one I think everyone read because knowledge is power.

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