Carole Mulliken, Co Founder of DementiaUSA Jeanne Lee, author of Just Love Me: My Life Turned Upside Down By Alzheimer sĪ laser precise light into the lives of people with dementia and the people who love them. James Smith, diagnosed with Alzheimer s, age 45 It was like being in my own head and like being in hers. Her Alice’s thought patterns are so eerily like my own…Īmazing. Tanzi, co author, Decoding Darkness: The Search for the Genetic Causes of Alzheimer’s Disease

‘An intensely intimate portrait of Alzheimer’s seasoned with highly accurate and useful information about this insidious and devastating disease.’ Dr. Somehow, too, she portrays the family s response as a loving one, and hints at the other hopeful, helpful response that science will eventually provide.

A kind of ominous suspense attends her gathering forgetfulness, and Genova puts us, sympathetically, right inside her plight. With grace and compassion, Lisa Genova writes about the enormous white emptiness created by Alzheimer’s in the mind of the still too young and active Alice. Readers are artfully and realistically led through a window into what to expect, highlighting the importance of allowing the person with the disease to remain a vibrant and contributing member of the community ‘ Peter Reed, PhD, Director of Programs, National Alzheimer’s Association ‘Powerful, insightful, tragic, inspirational and all too true.’ Alireza Atri, Massachusetts General Hospital Neurologist

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