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Book Review of Still Alice

Still Alice
Still Alice
Author: Lisa Genova
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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A touching, haunting glimpse into a brilliant woman struggling with a life-altering, and ultimately life-ending disease. It pulled me in, right from the start and never let go. However, I do wonder why the subject of sex was never brought up even once in this book. Alice is physically in "the best shape of her life", and we can only assume that she had a healthy/happy sex life prior to the diagnosis, but there is no mention whatsoever made of her sex life, before and after this disease hit her. A missed opportunity for some poignant moments with her husband in this arena which would have led to a richer story line.