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Violence
None
No violence
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
No significant sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The progressive loss of self, language, and memory depicted in harrowing first-person detail; deeply affecting for readers with family members with dementia
What this book is about
Alice Howland is a Harvard cognitive psychology professor at the height of her career when she starts forgetting words, misplacing things, getting lost on a run she's taken a hundred times. The diagnosis—early-onset Alzheimer's disease—comes swiftly and devastatingly. Told entirely from Alice's perspective as her world narrows, Genova's novel is a profound act of empathy. The film adaptation starring Julianne Moore won the Academy Award; the novel is even more devastating for its intimacy.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Extremely moving and painful portrayal of cognitive decline
First-person experience of memory loss
Recommended with tissue for those with personal experience of dementia
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