Dianne (gardngal) reviewed on 10/17/2010 + 271 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 3

This is the story of Alice, who forgets things sometimes, like names and appointments. She is a brilliant professor whose specialty is, ironically, language and linguistics. She is given the devastating diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer's disease. You follow her life and relationships month by month, watching the continuing decline. It is brilliantly written - the author is able to subtly and slyly cause the reader to feel the loss and the frustration that Alice is experiencing. A completely different look at how it might feel to actually have this disease yourself. Excellent - everyone who knows an Alzheimer's victim should read this book...you will relate to them on a new level. D.

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