This month I’m recommending Still Alice by Lisa Genova.
Alice has early onset Alzheimer’s.
We watch her life deteriorate. It starts with her not recognising a name on a to do list. Then she forgets to go to a conference. One day whilst out running she cannot figure out where she is. We follow her downward spiral. It’s terrifying. Do we recognise the symptoms? Unusually we are seeing the point of view of the sufferer rather than that of the carers.
Lisa Genova has completed an impressive amount of research here. In some ways this makes the text if anything reassuring about Alzheimer’s.
I confess to not having seen the film but I’ve come across good reviews of it.
I really was totally absorbed in the book. Lisa Genova’s thorough examination of what an Alzehimer sufferer may go though is very convincing.
