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In lisa genovas extraordinary new york times bestselling novel, an accomplished woman slowly loses her thoughts and memories to. Lisa observed how the disease deletes a part of the patients memory each day. Still alice book by lisa genova, lisa genova official. I was captivated by the characters right from the beginning and i was drawn into the book. Acclaimed as the oliver sacks of fiction and the michael crichton of brain science, lisa has captured a special place in contemporary fiction, writing stories that are equally inspired by neuroscience and the human spirit. From new york times bestselling author and neuroscientist lisa genova comes a heartbreakingvery human novel matthew thomas, author of we are not ourselves that does for huntingtons disease what her debut novel still alice did for alzheimers. Acclaimed as the oliver sacks of fiction and the michael crichton of brain science, lisa genova is the new york times bestselling author of still alice, left neglected, love anthony, inside the obriens.
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