Lisa Genova
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Consulting firm vice president and mother of three Sarah Nickerson is forced to give up some control over her life when she is in a car accident and suffers a traumatic brain injury, and, as she tries to regain her independence, she also realizes that happiness and success may not be about having the perfect career and a lot of money.
Author
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2009
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IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Description
Alice Howland, a fifty-year-old cognitive psychology professor at Harvard, starts to experience early-onset Alzheimer's, initially becoming disoriented around town and eventually losing track of rooms in her home before resigning from Harvard and attempting to hold onto the severe change in her life.
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Description
"From award-winning, New York Times bestselling author and neuroscientist Lisa Genova comes a powerful new novel that does for Huntington's Disease what her debut Still Alice did for Alzheimer's. Joe O'Brien is a forty-four-year-old police officer from the Irish Catholic neighborhood of Charlestown, Massachusetts. A devoted husband, proud father of four children in their twenties, and respected officer, Joe begins experiencing bouts of disorganized...
Author
Publisher
Scout Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A once accomplished concert pianist, Richard now has ALS. As he becomes increasingly paralyzed and is no longer able to live on his own, Karina becomes his reluctant caretaker. As Richard's muscles, voice, and breath fade, both he and Karina try to reconcile their past before it's too late. This is a masterful exploration of redemption and what it means to find peace inside of forgiveness.--Amazon.com
Author
Language
Deutsch
Description
Alice ist zufrieden mit sich und ihrem Leben. Sie ist glücklich verheiratet, ihre drei Kinder sind bereits aus dem Gröbsten raus, und auch beruflich hat sie ihren Traum verwirklichen können. Als Professorin für kognitive Psychologie ist sie eine anerkannte Größe in Harvard. Doch plötzlich beginnt sie, die immer so zuverlässig war, Termine zu vergessen, sie verlegt ihre Sachen, und beim Joggen weiß sie auf einmal nicht mehr, wie sie nach Hause...
Author
Language
English
Description
Have You Heard About Greg? puts a human face on the most terrifying disease of Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. The film features amazing experts committed to the fight against Alzheimer's who share their experience and wisdom about how to deal with an invisible enemy that is quietly killing millions of people each year around the world and will affect millions more in years to come.