Still Alice

By Lisa Genova...I have had about 5 library patrons ask me to read this book.  I finally checked it out and realized I had inadvertently skipped someone on the wait list...so I returned it.  I ended up loading it on my Kindle and read it.  WOW, what a book.  This book addresses Alzheimer's disease.  Alice Howland is a Harvard Professor.  She is 50 years old and at the top of her game.  She starts to forget things...and finds out she is the early stage of Alzheimer's.  This book is from the point of view of Alice...but reactions from family members are there as well.  Many people have told me it is a depressing book...but the last person who recommended it to me said she saw it as inspiring...I would have to agree with her.  You will definitely need your tissue box in places...but overall I believe the message is a positive one and coming from a fiction novel...that is so refreshing!