Joe is a Boston cop who learns he has Huntington's Disease, a hereditary disease that can be passed on to his children. This is how they deal with it. I enjoyed this story. While the disease is serious, there is humor here as well. Joe and Rosie, his wife, do their best to raise their children to ...
I borrowed this novel from my aunt a while ago and feel bad that it has taken me this long to read it. I feel like such a slacker. Anyways, I guess there was a reason why I delayed reading it because now, this novel has taken on greater meaning to me. My aunt is now battling this disease. As I read ...
Every Note Played, Lisa Genova, author; Dennis Boutsikaris, Dagmara Dominczyk, narrators This is a brilliant book about a devastating illness. It is about relationships that sometimes grow destructive and about the effort to move beyond that pain and suffering. It is about the healing or inability t...
I never really knew a lot about ALS before this book. I had only heard of it - connected to Lou Gehrig and Stephen Hawking. Also, there was an episode on "Suits" about it. I only knew it was a disease that could cause paralysis and death. Through this book, I learned a lot more about this dreadful d...
I think this book will be one of my best reads for 2018. It is a very quick read, but it is likely you will experience a post-reading haunting. It will stay with you.We all know what the outcome is for ALS sufferers, but Genova takes us on a journey traversing not just the passage of an illness, but...
A special thank you to NetGalley, Simon & Schuster Canada, and Gallery/Scout Press for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. This stunning, raw, heartbreaking glimpse into the world of ALS from Lisa Genova will leave you emotionally spent and in awe of those living with this cruel disease, and ...
Hallo, mein Name ist Alice und bin 50 Jahre alt und mein Leben ist bald vorbei. Ich wurde auf eine seltene, frühauftretende Alzheimer-Erkrankung diagnostiziert. Ich habe Angst, denn ich weiss in etwa was auf mich zukommt. Ich werde meine Arbeit als Professorin vielleicht schon bald nicht mehr ausfüh...
Still Alice was an emotional journey into the life of someone with early-onset Alzheimer's Disease. While I don't personally have any experience with EOAD, or have any family members who have suffered, I've come across it a bit in some previous research I've conducted. I was able to feel not only Al...
From the award-winning New York Times bestselling author of Still Alice and Left Neglected, comes a heartfelt novel about an accidental friendship that gives a grieving mother a priceless gift: the ability to understand the thoughts of her eight-year-old autistic son and make sense of his brief life...
Zum Inhalt: Als Joe erfährt, dass er an der seltenen Krankheit Chorea-Huntington leidet, ist er 44 Jahre alt. Wenn es gut läuft, bleiben ihm noch zehn Jahre. Jahre, in denen er die Kontrolle über seinen Körper mehr und mehr verlieren wird. Wie jedes seiner vier Kinder muss auch Katie bef...
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