Turn of Mind is a book that’s been on my TBR for absolutely ages, ever since the Guardian newspaper gave it a great review. The reason I never got around to it is that it’s a murder-mystery style thriller and I’ve been reading less of those lately. But when I landed on the Booklikes-opoly square tha...
By: Alice LaPlante ASIN: B005ACE1OE Publisher: Grove/Atlantic Publication Date: 7/5/2011 Format: Audio My Rating: 4 Stars Alice LaPlante, New York Times, author of acclaimed psychological thrillers--distinguished by their stunning synthesis of family drama and engrossing suspense-- delivers a st...
This was a frightening and unforgettable story about an orthopedic surgeon whose best friend is found murdered with the fingers of one hand surgically removed. The surgeon is "retired" because she has dementia and is slowly losing all of her memories. The story sounds exactly like what a person with...
WOW!!! Where to begin...If this was just a book about loosing someone you love to dementia, I probably would have given it 4 stars. But there are so many layers to this book that is going to make it unforgetable(pardon the pun) I came away from this book with a greater respect for the people who h...
This combination fiction/mystery tells the story of Dr. Jennifer White, a brilliant surgeon who specializes in hand surgery, and is suspected of murdering her best friend and then carefully removing her fingers. The hitch in this story is that Jennifer has Alzheimer's and can't even remember that h...
Dementia, or Alzheimer’s disease depending on the diagnosis, is threatening and horrific. Nothing is ever certain. With that in mind, imagine that you may have killed your best friend and don't remember why. This is the dilemma that Dr. Jennifer White finds herself in. Recently diagnosed with dement...
What an incredibly ambitious book. Very brave piece of fiction. Perhaps the craft evident in this book is of little interest to non writers, but what an incredible undertaking to tell a story from the POV of woman succumbing to the ravages of Alzheimer's Disease. The story began in first person, mov...
I don't know how to review this book. It was difficult for me to read because of the subject matter, and at times was disjointed because it came from the point of view of one suffering from dementia. The story line was interesting and I enjoyed the mystery. I did have difficulty with some of the cha...
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