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"Still Alice" was an incredibly heart breaking story of not just a woman declining through Alzheimer's, but an entire family's journey. The story starts out showing how successful Alice Howland is. She is a Harvard professor, has a PhD, 3 grown children and a happy marriage. Slowly things start to change. Over the next two years, we see how this degenerative disease takes over the lives of Alice and her family.
There were parts of the story that had me smiling because they are everyday things that could happen to anyone. Other parts had me tearing up. And then there were the parts that made me fearful for the future, and glad that I don't have this disease running through my family. This book gave me a look into the lives of the families that have this disease as a reality. They have my sympathy for what they have to go through, but more than that, they should be held in the highest of esteem and viewed with the utmost of respect.
I listened to the "Still Alice" audio book. It took a long time for me to get used to the Author's voice. I don't think that she was the right person to read the book. Alice was a 50-something. Lisa's (the author) voice reminded me of a 20-something party girl. It may have been the East Coast accent that made me think part of this, but she is definitely younger than the character of Alice, which really threw me off. Also, there wasn't much differentiation between the character voices. I couldn't tell if Alice was the one speaking, or her husband, John. I highly recommend this book, but would suggest readers grab the book rather than the audiobook.
There were parts of the story that had me smiling because they are everyday things that could happen to anyone. Other parts had me tearing up. And then there were the parts that made me fearful for the future, and glad that I don't have this disease running through my family. This book gave me a look into the lives of the families that have this disease as a reality. They have my sympathy for what they have to go through, but more than that, they should be held in the highest of esteem and viewed with the utmost of respect.
I listened to the "Still Alice" audio book. It took a long time for me to get used to the Author's voice. I don't think that she was the right person to read the book. Alice was a 50-something. Lisa's (the author) voice reminded me of a 20-something party girl. It may have been the East Coast accent that made me think part of this, but she is definitely younger than the character of Alice, which really threw me off. Also, there wasn't much differentiation between the character voices. I couldn't tell if Alice was the one speaking, or her husband, John. I highly recommend this book, but would suggest readers grab the book rather than the audiobook.
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