Still Alice (edit title)

Reem Saeed Ahmed edited the quotations of Still Alice 3 weeks ago.

• Added a quotation: “She remembered being six or seven and crying over the fates of butterflies in her yard after learning that they lived for only a few days. Her mother had comforted her and told her not to be sad for the butterflies, that just because their lives were short didn't mean they were tragic.”
• Added a quotation: “At some point, there would simply be no point.”

Shelfari edited the description of Still Alice 4 weeks ago.

• Still Alice is a compelling debut novel about a 50-year-old woman's sudden descent into early onset Alzheimer's disease, written by first-time author Lisa Genova, who holds a Ph. D in neuroscience from Harvard University. Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children and a house on the Cape, is a celebrated Harvard professor at the height of her career when she notices a forgetfulness creeping into her life. As confusion starts to cloud her thinking and her memory begins to fail her, she receives a devastating diagnosis: early onset Alzheimer's disease. Fiercely independent, Alice struggles to maintain her lifestyle and live in the moment, even as her sense of self is being stripped away. In turns heartbreaking, inspiring and terrifying, Still Alice captures in remarkable detail what's it's like to literally lose your mind... Reminiscent of A Beautiful Mind , Ordinary People and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time , Still Alice packs a powerful emotional punch and marks the arrival of a strong new voice in fiction.

Joann S edited the characters of Still Alice Saturday, September 5 2009.

• Changed the section title: Cast of Characters/Important People
• Added a character: Alice Howland
• Added the description of John Howland: Alice's husband
• marked the description of John Howland as not a spoiler

Shelfari edited the description of Still Alice Friday, July 31 2009.

• Still Alice is a compelling debut novel about a 50-year-old woman's sudden descent into early onset Alzheimer's disease, written by first-time author Lisa Genova, who holds a Ph. D in neuroscience from Harvard University. Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children and a house on the Cape, is a celebrated Harvard professor at the height of her career when she notices a forgetfulness creeping into her life. As confusion starts to cloud her thinking and her memory begins to fail her, she receives a devastating diagnosis: early onset Alzheimer's disease. Fiercely independent, Alice struggles to maintain her lifestyle and live in the moment, even as her sense of self is being stripped away. In turns heartbreaking, inspiring and terrifying, Still Alice captures in remarkable detail what's it's like to literally lose your mind... Reminiscent of A Beautiful Mind , Ordinary People and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time , Still Alice packs a powerful emotional punch and marks the arrival of a strong new voice in fiction.

Shelfari edited the contributors of Still Alice Wednesday, July 22 2009.

• Added a contributor: Lisa Genova: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of Still Alice Friday, July 17 2009.

• Even then, there were neurons in her head, not far from her ears, that were being strangled to death, too quietly for her to hear them.