Alice Howland, happily married with 3 grown children, is a celebrated Harvard professor when she notices a forgetfulness creeping into her life. Diagnosis: early onset Alzheimer's. Fiercely independent, Alice struggles to maintain her lifestyle and live in the moment, even as her sense of self slips. Heartbreaking and inspiring, see how "Still Alice" captures in remarkable detail what's it's like to live with Alzheimer's.
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I am not a big lover of reading; when I was in school or in general, but I knew I had to read this as I work with those with a range of different dementias. I could not put this book down and read it in about 3 days; a true miracle.
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