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February 4, 2009
How did I get here? So many of my roads have led me here, it must be inevitable. Let me start at the beginning.
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Still Alice will be released on May 04, 2010 in Compact Disk
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Left Neglected will be released on January 04, 2011 in Hardcover, Compact Disk, eAudio
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Left Neglected will be released on January 04, 2011 in Compact Disk
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Still Alice will be released on December 29, 2009 in Mass Market Paperback
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Still Alice is now available in Mass Market Paperback
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Essay By Lisa GenovaJul 21, 2009
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Chapter 1 from Still AliceMar 09, 2009
Author Voices:
How Did I Get Here?Mar 09, 2009
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What is your motto or maxim?Mar 09, 2009
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Who are your favorite authors?Mar 09, 2009
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Is there a book you love to reread?Mar 09, 2009
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Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers?Mar 09, 2009
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What comment do you hear most often from your readers?Mar 09, 2009
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If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be?Mar 09, 2009
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Who is your favorite fictional hero?Mar 09, 2009
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What is your birthdate?Mar 09, 2009
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What were your previous occupations?Mar 09, 2009
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What was/is your favorite job?Mar 09, 2009
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Where did you go to high school and/or college?Mar 09, 2009
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Name of your favorite composer or music artist?Mar 09, 2009
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What is your favorite movie?Mar 09, 2009
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What is your favorite television show?Mar 09, 2009
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How would you describe your life in only 8 words?Mar 09, 2009
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How would you describe perfect happiness?Mar 09, 2009
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What’s your greatest fear?Mar 09, 2009
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If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?Mar 09, 2009
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With whom in history do you most identify?Mar 09, 2009
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Which living person do you most admire?Mar 09, 2009
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What are your most overused words or phrases?Mar 09, 2009
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What do you regret most?Mar 09, 2009
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If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?Mar 09, 2009
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What is your greatest achievement?Mar 09, 2009
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What’s your greatest flaw?Mar 09, 2009
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What’s your best quality?Mar 09, 2009
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What trait is most noticeable about you?Mar 09, 2009
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If you could meet any historical character, who would it be and what would you say to him or her?Mar 09, 2009
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What is your biggest pet peeve?Mar 09, 2009
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What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing?Mar 09, 2009
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What 3 personal qualities are most important to you?Mar 09, 2009
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If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be?Mar 09, 2009
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What are your 5 favorite songs?Mar 09, 2009
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Still Alice will be released on January 06, 2009 in
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Still Alice is now available in
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Still Alice will be released on January 06, 2009 in
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Still Alice is now available in
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Still Alice will be released on January 06, 2009 in
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Still Alice is now available in
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Still Alice will be released on January 06, 2009 in
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Still Alice is now available in
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Lisa Genova's Books
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Still AliceLisa Genova's bestselling novel Still Alice tracks the tragic decline of a 50-year-old woman suffering from Alzheimer’s, and the impact on her...Read More
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Left NeglectedA poignant novel about a busy, vibrant woman in her 30s who has a car accident, leaving her to deal with a crippling disorder called left neglect.Read More
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Reading Eagle, March 2, 2010
...you mentioned most often: 'Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet' by Jamie Ford; 'Still Alice' by Lisa Genova; and 'Same Kind of Different as Me' by Ron Hall, Denver Moore and Lynn Vincent. Here in no certain order are some books that you loved and...
Record Searchlight, February 23, 2010
...you mentioned most often: 'Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet' by Jamie Ford; 'Still Alice' by Lisa Genova; and 'Same Kind of Different as Me' by Ron Hall, Denver Moore and Lynn Vincent. Here in no certain order are some books that you loved and...
Times Daily, February 23, 2010
...you mentioned most often: "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet" by Jamie Ford; "Still Alice" by Lisa Genova; and "Same Kind of Different as Me" by Ron Hall, Denver Moore and Lynn Vincent. Here in no certain order are some books that you loved and...
Elkhart Truth, February 21, 2010
...you mentioned most often: "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet" by Jamie Ford; "Still Alice" by Lisa Genova; and "Same Kind of Different as Me" by Ron Hall, Denver Moore and Lynn Vincent. Here in no certain order are some books that you loved and...
Del Mar Times, January 30, 2010
...established a viable business. Finally, a book can be your shot at the big time. An agent thought Lisa Genova was crazy to self-publish her novel 'Still Alice.' Traditional publishers, she was told, would never touch her book if it were independently...
ReadingGroupGuides.com, January 4, 2010
...Kington by Emmanuel Guibert, Didier Lefèvre and Frederic Lemercier by Sandra Brown by Robert Goolrick by by by Lisa Genova by posted by webmaster at Friday, December 18, 2009 Book Club Longevity: The Traveling Band of Readers What makes a reading group...
Pittsburgh Tribune Review, December 27, 2009
...align in strange ways. Sometimes a life can become unexpectedly focused by way of circumstances impossible to foresee. Lisa Genova had earned a degree in neuroscience and was acting in theatrical productions and independent films when she decided to...
ReadingGroupGuides.com, December 26, 2009
...Kington by Emmanuel Guibert, Didier Lefèvre and Frederic Lemercier by Sandra Brown by Robert Goolrick by by by Lisa Genova by posted by webmaster at Friday, December 18, 2009 Book Club Longevity: The Traveling Band of Readers What makes a reading group...
Chicago Tribune, December 11, 2009
...before conversation swerves off into politics and family issues: 40 minutes What book is next? “Still Alice,” by Lisa Genova, a realistic fictional account of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Five books we loved: “The Girl With the Dragon...
Island Packet, December 9, 2009
...friend, and a recently graduated white woman, team up for a clandestine project. May 19: 'Still Alice' by Lisa Genova In a highly readable form of bibliotherapy, first-time novelist Genova, who holds a doctorate in neuroscience, meticulously traces the...
Times Union, December 1, 2009
...the running for Schenectady's community program were "Skeletons at the Feast" by Chris Bohjalian, "Still Alice" by Lisa Genova, "Strength in What Remains" by Tracy Kidder and "World Made by Hand" by James Howard Kunstler of Saratoga Springs. In past...
Morning Call, November 15, 2009
...part of a Phoebe Institute on Aging public workshop on Alzheimer's at Cedar Crest College in Allentown. Lisa Genova, the author of ''Still Alice,'' will be keynote speaker. ''The character is a very intelligent, very lucid woman who is highly esteemed in...
Wicked Local Dennis, October 30, 2009
...Best-selling author Lisa Genova will be the featured speaker when the Author’s Friday series closes out its 2009 season Friday, Oct. 30 at 2 p.m. at Dennis Public Library in Dennisport...
Middlefield Town Times, October 22, 2009
...conclusion to the Friends of the Watertown Library's third Annual Summer Read occurred Wednesday, October 14, as Lisa Genova, a first-time author on the New York Times Best Sellers List, spoke to a 'full house' at the First Congregational Church in...
Belleville Intelligencer, October 9, 2009
...Here are the 10 bestselling fiction and non-fiction books in Canada. FICTION 1 (1) The Lost Symbol -Dan Brown (hardcover) 2 (3) The Year of the Flood - Margaret Atwood (hardcover) 3 (2) An Echo in the Bone -Diana Gabaldon (hardcover) 4 (4) The Time...
Middlefield Town Times, October 9, 2009
...'Still Alice' author Lisa Genova will be speaking at 7 p.m. Wednesday, October 14, at the First Congregational Church, as the culmination of the Friends Read Together summer reading program, conducted by the...
Chronicle Herald, September 27, 2009
...Still Alice by Lisa Genova (Simon & Schuster, $17.50, 320 pages) Getting a book published is not easy. It can be downright discouraging for authors to get their work into print. And so...
CBC Newfoundland & Labrador, September 22, 2009
...Moyes Footprints in the sand- Sarah Challis Jury Rigged - Laurie Moore The Increment- David Ignatius Still Alice- Lisa Genova Beach Roses- Jean Stone The Sweetness of the bottom of the Pie - Alan Bradley True Evil- Greg Isles Palindrome- Stuart Woods...
Middlefield Town Times, September 4, 2009
...Residents of Watertown and neighboring communities are invited to meet Lisa Genova, author of 'Still Alice,' at the First Congregational Church in Watertown at 7 p.m. Wednesday, October 14. Ms. Genova, a PH.D. in neuroscience, who writes a blog...
Middlefield Town Times, August 28, 2009
...Residents of Watertown and neighboring communities are invited to meet Lisa Genova, author of 'Still Alice,' at the First Congregational Church in Watertown at 7 p.m. Wednesday, October 14. Ms. Genova, a PH.D. in neuroscience, who writes a blog...
Middlefield Town Times, August 13, 2009
...Lisa Genova, this year's guest author for the Third Annual Summer Read sponsored by the Friends of the Watertown Library, is best described as a motivated individual. In her academic...
Portage Daily Graphic, August 10, 2009
...A haunting, terrifying and beautiful story, â??Still Aliceâ? is a great first effort from author (and neuroscientist) Lisa Genova. Alice is a 50-year-old cognitive psychology professor at Harvard who specializes in linguistics, which means she...
Globe and Mail, July 31, 2009
...2008 Leacock Medal for Humour, which it went on to win. This year's international self-published darling is Lisa Genova, a Harvard-educated neuroscientist who went the in-demand route after a failed campaign to interest any agents or publishers in Still...
Middlefield Town Times, July 10, 2009
...to read first-time author Lisa Genova's book Email to a friendPost a CommentPrinter-friendly FRIENDS READ TOGETHER ? The Friends Read Together program, which will be reading ?Still Alice? by first-time author Lisa Genova. The...
HappyNews.com, July 7, 2009
...Elham Khatami, CNN 'Still Alice,' written by Lisa Genova, is a novel about a 50-year-old Harvard professor's struggle with Alzheimer's disease. It's also a book, Genova was told, that nobody would want to read. When...
Quote.com Canada, June 26, 2009
...language, justice, and memory set against the backdrop of the killing fields of Pol Pot. - Still Alice, Lisa Genova - the compelling debut novel about a 50-year-old woman's sudden descent into early onset Alzheimer's disease. In turns heartbreaking,...
Yahoo! Canada, June 26, 2009
...language, justice, and memory set against the backdrop of the killing fields of Pol Pot. - Still Alice, Lisa Genova - the compelling debut novel about a 50-year-old woman's sudden descent into early onset Alzheimer's disease. In turns heartbreaking,...
American Chronicle, June 8, 2009
...in middle age?joins 2007 winner Bee Balms & Burgundy by Nelson Pahl and 2008 winner Still Alice by Lisa Genova in earning the prestigious distinction. In an interesting side-note, although the award seeks to honor the best of both major publishing...
Pittsburgh Tribune Review, May 31, 2009
...because they are self-published. Sometimes, you just have to do what you have to do.' That's what Lisa Genova did. After giving birth to her first child, Genova decided to write a novel instead of returning to her career in neuroscience and...
Pittsburgh Tribune Review, May 31, 2009
...because they are self-published. Sometimes, you just have to do what you have to do.' That's what Lisa Genova did. After giving birth to her first child, Genova decided to write a novel instead of returning to her career in neuroscience and...
PublishersWeekly.com, May 7, 2009
...bestselling authors established, Reidy said. New authors doing well for the company include Cassandra Clare (City of Glass), Lisa Genova (Still Alice) and Mark Levin (Liberty and Tyranny). In fact, Reidy said that when Libertyand Jodi Picoults Handle...
SignOn San Diego, April 18, 2009
...keep the proceeds. And there's always the possibility you have a best-seller on your hands. In 2007, Lisa Genova paid iUniverse to publish ?Still Alice.? She later received an offer from Simon & Schuster. The book debuted in January at No. 5 on the...
SignOn San Diego, April 17, 2009
...keep the proceeds. And there's always the possibility you have a best-seller on your hands. In 2007, Lisa Genova paid iUniverse to publish ?Still Alice.? She later received an offer from Simon & Schuster. The book debuted in January at No. 5 on the...
Bradley Scout, April 6, 2009
...Print-on-demand means digital copies only get printed when someone buys a book Lisa Genova decided to self-publish after her book was turned down by agents Melinda Roberts found success after self-publishing her book Web-based publishing companies are...
KCRG.com, April 6, 2009
... By Elham Khatami CNN (CNN) -- 'Still Alice,' written by Lisa Genova, is a novel about a 50-year-old Harvard professor's struggle with Alzheimer's disease. It's also a book, Genova was told, that nobody would want to read. Lisa...
The Record, April 4, 2009
...loss. How do we redefine ourselves as the pieces of what we remember slip away? Still Alice by Lisa Genova (Simon & Schuster, now in paperback at $17.50) is a current bestselling novel about early-onset Alzheimer's disease. The author has a doctorate in...
bookgirl's nightstand, January 31, 2010
...indulged in a bit of book shopping and I found some great bargains. I bought Still Alice by Lisa Genova. I know many of you have loved this book so I was happy to find it. I also got a copy of Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates. It does...
Barb's Blog - Everyday stuff, crafts, Pet Pride, T, January 23, 2010
...Chris Bohjalian 9. The Immortal by Angela Hunt 10. The Elevator by Angela Hunt 11. Still Alice by Lisa Genova 12. Whistling in the Dark by Lesley Kagen Alternate book list...These are books that can be swapped out instead of the list above. 1-4. The...
Lesley's Book Nook, January 21, 2010
...The Likeness by Tana French 3. The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister 4. Still Alice by Lisa Genova 5. The Help by Kathryn Stockett 6. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 7. In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan 8. Home Safe by...
Lesley's Book Nook, January 21, 2010
...Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates 10. The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister 11. Still Alice by Lisa Genova 12. The Help by Kathryn Stockett 13. Mortal Prey by John Sandford 14. Little Bee by Chris Cleeve 15. The Hunger Games by...
Somewhere in NJ, January 8, 2010
...not I leave them half-read and only half-enjoyed. Sometime before the holidays I read the debut novel by Lisa Genova which was recommended to me by the owner of a little bookstore I found here in town. ( As a side note: How wonderful is it to have...
Keeks and Brie, January 8, 2010
...I've decided to read this book next... Still Alice by Lisa Genova about a woman in her 50's who is recently diagnosed with early stages of Alzheimer's . My mother saw this author speak at the Cape this past summer...
Land of Bean, January 3, 2010
...- Melissa De La Cruz Uglies - Scott Westerfeld Goblin Quest - Jim C. Hines Still Alice - Lisa Genova Outlander - Diana Gabaldon The Year of the Flood - Margaret Atwood Living Dead In Dallas - Charlaine Harris The Dead and the Gone - Susan Beth Pfeffer...
Care's Online Book Club, January 2, 2010
...now want to read the entire works of? Jennie Nash. John Green. Kathryn Stockett. Lisa Genova. (You might notice that a few of these are ‘new’ authors and thus don’t have a lot of books, yet.) In my book tracking, I have...
Musings of a Bookish Kitty, December 31, 2009
...Last Dickens by Matthew Pearl (2009) - 386 pgs - Crime Fiction - 4 Stars Still Alice by Lisa Genova (2009) - 303 pgs - Fiction - 4 Stars In the Wake of the Boatman by Jonathon Scott Fuqua (2008) - 307 pgs - Fiction - 4.5 Stars...
Bibliophile By the Sea, December 31, 2009
...Baker 4. The Weight of Heaven ; Thrity Umrigar 5. That Old Cape Magic ; Richard Russo 6. Still Alice ; Lisa Genova 7. Saving CeeCee Honeycutt ; Beth Hoffman 8. Half Broke Horses ; Jeanette Walls 9. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie ; Alan Bradley...
Lovely Little Things, December 21, 2009
...Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Still Alice by Lisa Genova Educating Esme by Esme Raji Codell Next time, I'll give you a run down of my fave Children's books...now that could be a LONG post. images/...
Reading Group Guides Blog, December 21, 2009
...Wife by Robert Goolrick Rooftops of Tehran by Mahbod Seraji Shelter Me by Juliette Fay Still Alice by Lisa Genova The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf...
[Kayla ღ Olden]'s MySpace Blog, December 19, 2009
...Angels and Demons - Dan Brown. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas - John Boyne. Still Alice - Lisa Genova. Marked - PC Cast. Betrayed - PC Cast. Chosen - PC Cast. Untamed - PC Cast. Hunted - PC Cast. Tempted - PC Cast. All Together Dead - Charlaine...
Women's Voices For Change, December 18, 2009
...Korelitz, one of our first Ten Questions at WVFC, talked about reporting and writing he acclaimed Admission , while Lisa Genova, our most recent, let us peek at her journey from neuroscientist to novelist and that of her novel Still Alice from...
Women's Voices For Change, December 18, 2009
...Korelitz, one of our first Ten Questions at WVFC, talked about reporting and writing he acclaimed Admission , while Lisa Genova, our most recent, let us peek at her journey from neuroscientist to novelist and that of her novel Still Alice from...
BASIL & SPICE--Mind And Body!, December 9, 2009
...book today), and as their families step up to the heartbreaking task of caring for those afflicted. Lisa Genova graduated valedictorian from Bates College with a degree in Biopsychology and holds a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Harvard University. She is...
Library Journal - In the Bookroom, November 24, 2009
...you can’t recall until you retrace your steps back to your desk. It is heartbreakingly portrayed in Lisa Genova’s Still Alice , the story of a Harvard psychology professor who at age 50 is diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease. Alice...
Paper Cup Poet, November 11, 2009
...but it is written so beautifully by a first time author with a Ph.D who self published! I love that the author, Lisa Genova admits to having a nice home office, but says this book was written almost entirely at Starbucks! I get that. You...
At Home With Books, November 4, 2009
...not to repeat a book title. It’s a lot harder than you think! Describe yourself: Still Alice (Lisa Genova) How do you feel: Crazy For the Storm (Norman Ollestad) Describe where you currently live: Visions of America (Joseph Sohm) If you could go...
Martini Momma, October 19, 2009
...maybe this person has a point but we did discuss the book - very interesting read (Still Alice by Lisa Genova - a glimpse into early onset Alhzemier disease) and get some mega important LIFE issues sorted out! 1. RUN to get this at Costco - It...
CogSci Librarian, October 19, 2009
...read a very moving novel about a woman suffering from Alzheimer's, called Still Alice . In it, neuroscientist Lisa Genova writes about neuroscientist Alice Howland who develops early-onset Alzheimer's at age 50. I especially enjoyed the first-person...
CogSci Librarian, October 19, 2009
...read a very moving novel about a woman suffering from Alzheimer's, called Still Alice . In it, neuroscientist Lisa Genova writes about neuroscientist Alice Howland who develops early-onset Alzheimer's at age 50. I especially enjoyed the first-person...
The 3 R's Blog // Reading, 'Riting, and Randomness, September 25, 2009
...and "Alice" * A few of you expressed some interest in joining me in reading Still Alice (by Lisa Genova) next month. I'll be reading it in connection with my participation in the Alzheimer's Association Memory Walk in Thousand Oaks, California on...
The 3 R's Blog // Reading, 'Riting, and Randomness, September 19, 2009
...Walk will take place on October 17. I'm also planning to read the novel Still Alice , by Lisa Genova, which is about an early-onset Alzheimer's patient, during October a way of tying my reading to my cause . If you'd like to support our family team in...
Julie's Jewels, April 27, 2009
...LibraryThing book review... Still Alice by Lisa Genova Dr. Alice Howland, Harvard professor of cognitive psychology, begins having problems with her memory and thinks it might be menopause. During one jog near her home she gets lost...
Netwest Mountain Writers and Poets, April 23, 2009
...Fridays (other than music nights) Book Clubs - Murphy meets Tuesday, April 28 to discuss Still Alice , by Lisa Genova. (Call 835-7433 for details) Andrews Book club will meet Thursday, May 7 at Book Store to discuss Wicked , by Gregory Maguire. (Call...
Southern California Writers' Conference, April 7, 2009
...From CNN.com’s Elham Khatami: More authors turn to Web and print-on-demand publishing “Still Alice,” written by Lisa Genova, is a novel about a 50-year-old Harvard professor’s struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. It’s also a book, Genova was...
Blogcritics, April 5, 2009
...Weight, Gain Energy, & Reverse Premature Aging Julie Chrystyn Book, The Middle Place Kelly Corrigan Book, Still Alice Lisa Genova Book, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Annie Barrows Book, Lifeforce: The Secrets of High Energy and...
Shhh I'm Reading..., March 28, 2009
...card! That also reminds me that I need to do another Friday Finds post... -- Still Alice by Lisa Genova from Borders -- French Milk by Lucy Knisley from Borders Tuesday: -- North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley from Borders -- The Moonstone by...
