No one likes sad stories, yet everyone wants to know the ending before they are even finished no matter what the story, right? This book gives you that, but there is more to the story than you could expect. Still Alice is an amazing journal-like book that let’s you see inside of what Alzheimer's is really like, and how the caregivers have to go through. Alice was a Harvard professor with three children, Tom, Anna, and Lydia, a husband, John, who is a scientist at Harvard as well. She has completed and reached goals that only one could dream; attending conferences, speaking at conferences, withholding a degree of a Ph.D yet also a victim of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive mental disorientation which basically deteriorates
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“She stood ready to move, but her legs needed further instruction. What did she come in here for?” She had trouble even remembering that she needed to use the bathroom. You get an insight on what they feel, what it’s like to not really ‘know’ anymore. Things like “I just don’t remember” are repeated multiple times throughout the book. Knowing what it’s like in their mind, trying to just understand a simple words and phrases. Alice has trouble following conversations, it took her a while to put phrases, sentences, even words together sometimes. Being able to have an understanding of how hard it is for someone with this ‘sickness’ to listen then trying to comprehend what those words mean and what they mean together. Learning that kindness and understanding can really touch a heart.
Which is another reason why I also recommend this book. It really touches you in a way you never would have thought by the cover, title, or just even the synopsis on the back. You have a heart out for her, and when she’s gets hurt or upset with someone, you do too in some way. You get upset at her husband for being impatient with her, or choosing his job over her sometimes. When they argue, his response always ends with “Look Ali, I have to get back to the office”, which is a little heart breaking if you ask
“She stood ready to move, but her legs needed further instruction. What did she come in here for?” She had trouble even remembering that she needed to use the bathroom. You get an insight on what they feel, what it’s like to not really ‘know’ anymore. Things like “I just don’t remember” are repeated multiple times throughout the book. Knowing what it’s like in their mind, trying to just understand a simple words and phrases. Alice has trouble following conversations, it took her a while to put phrases, sentences, even words together sometimes. Being able to have an understanding of how hard it is for someone with this ‘sickness’ to listen then trying to comprehend what those words mean and what they mean together. Learning that kindness and understanding can really touch a heart.
Which is another reason why I also recommend this book. It really touches you in a way you never would have thought by the cover, title, or just even the synopsis on the back. You have a heart out for her, and when she’s gets hurt or upset with someone, you do too in some way. You get upset at her husband for being impatient with her, or choosing his job over her sometimes. When they argue, his response always ends with “Look Ali, I have to get back to the office”, which is a little heart breaking if you ask