384 Seiten; 198 mm x 130 mm
Sprache English
Film Tie-In Auflage
2015 Simon & Schuster US
ISBN 978-1-4711-4082-2
Besprechung
Alice Howland is proud of the life she worked so hard to build. A Harvard professor, she has a successful husband and three grown children. When she begins to grow forgetful, she dismisses it for as long as she can, but when she gets lost in her own neighbourhood she knows that something has gone terribly wrong. She finds herself in the rapidly downward spiral of Alzheimer's Disease. She is fifty years old. Suddenly she has no classes to teach, no new research to conduct, no invited lectures to give. Ever again. Unable to work, read and, increasingly, take care of herself, Alice struggles to find meaning and purpose in her everyday life as her concept of self gradually slips away. But Alice is a remarkable woman, and her family, yoked by history and DNA and love, discover more about her and about each other, in their quest to keep the Alice they know for as long as possible. Losing her yesterdays, her short-term memory hanging on by a couple of frayed threads, she is living in the moment, living for each day. But she is still Alice.
Kurztext / Annotation
Mit nur fünfzig Jahren bricht bei der Professorin, Ehefrau und Mutter Alice Alzheimer aus - und sie hat doch noch so viel vor! Dann vergisst sie das Rezept ihres berühmten Plumpuddings, verläuft sich im eigenen Hinterhof, erkennt ihre schauspielernde Tochter nach einer gelungenen Vorstellung nicht. Sie entwickelt einen verzweifelten Plan, doch kann sie ihn durchhalten? Während ihre Erinnerungen an seidenen Fäden hängen, ist sie aber doch immer noch: Alice.
Biografische Anmerkung zu den Verfassern
Genova, Lisa
Lisa Genova holds a Ph.D. in neuroscience from Harvard University and lives with her family in Massachusetts. She is the New York Times-bestselling author of Still Alice, Left Neglected - a Richard & Judy Book Club pick - Love Anthony and Inside the O'Briens. Still Alice has sold over a million copies worldwide and was made into an Academy Award-winning film starring Julianne Moore.