Lisa Genova

A moving story of a woman with early onset Alzheimer's disease, now a major film starring Academy Award nominee Julianne Moore and Kristen Stewart.

In Lisa Genova's extraordinary New York Times bestselling novel, an accomplished woman slowly loses her thoughts and memories to Alzheimer's disease--only to discover that each day brings a new way of living and loving. Now a major motion picture starring Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kate Bosworth, and Kristen Stewart Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children and a house on the Cape, is a celebrated Harvard professor at the height of her career when she notices a forgetfulness creeping into her life. As confusion starts to cloud her thinking and her memory begins to fail her, she receives a devastating diagnosis: early onset Alzheimer's disease. Fiercely independent, Alice struggles to maintain her lifestyle and live in the moment, even as her sense of self is being stripped away. In turns heartbreaking, inspiring, and terrifying, Still Alice captures in remarkable detail what it's like to literally lose your mind... Reminiscent of A Beautiful Mind, Ordinary People, and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Still Alice packs a powerful emotional punch and marks the arrival of a strong new voice in fiction.

På den lille isolerede ø Nantucket tilbringer Olivia Donatelli vinteren efter hendes søn, Anthony, er død. Anthony var ikke nogen almindelig dreng. Han havde autisme, og Olivia kæmper nu både med sin sorg, men også med at forstå, hvad meningen var med hans alt for korte liv. Rundt om hjørnet bor Beth Ellis med sin mand Jimmy og deres tre piger. Men da Beth en dag modtager et kort med ordene 'Jeg har en affære med Jimmy', ryger manden ud, og Beth beslutter sig for at finde tilbage til den kvinde, hun var engang. Hun begynder igen at skrive. En historie om en lille dreng, der ikke er som alle andre. En dreng, der kunne være Olivias Anthony. Pressen skriver: »Den er rørende, ganske enkelt. Rørende, genkendelig, gribende, virkelighedsnær og brugbar.« – autismetanken.dk

From neuroscientist and New York Times bestselling author of Still Alice, a "beautifully written and poignant" (USA TODAY) novel about autism, friendship, and unconditional love. In an insightful, deeply human story reminiscent of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Daniel Isn't Talking, and The Reason I Jump, Lisa Genova offers a unique perspective in fiction--the extraordinary voice of Anthony, a nonverbal boy with autism. Anthony reveals a neurologically plausible peek inside the mind of autism, why he hates pronouns, why he loves swinging and the number three, how he experiences routine, joy, and love. In this powerfully unforgettable story, Anthony teaches two women about the power of friendship and helps them to discover the universal truths that connect us all.

Sarah Nickerson elsker sit job, sin mand og sine tre børn – og ikke mindst sin ultrastabile barnepige, der får det hele til at hænge sammen. Det er et godt liv, men hun har travlt, alt, alt for travlt, og det kan næsten ikke andet end at gå galt. Et splitsekunds uopmærksomhed, da mobilen ringer på vej til arbejde, og Sarah vågner op på hospitalet til et helt nyt liv, hvor intet er, som det var før, og hvor hun ikke længere kan se og forstå alt, hvad der er til venstre. Pressen skriver: »Lisa Genovas ET HELT NYT LIV er en overbevisende og vellykket roman om at leve med en svær hjerneskade (…) Romanen er skrevet med stor indføling i Sarahs problemer. Selv om omdrejningspunktet er hjerneskade og genoptræning, er bogen underholdende og til tider humoristisk.« **** – 24timer »Venstre neglekt er et fascinerende fænomen, som Genova på fornem vis formår at sætte læseren ind i. Sproget er let flydende og opfindsomt. Tonen er venskabelig. Galgenhumor og Sarahs vidunderlige selvironi er tro følgesvende. (…) ET HELT NYT LIV handler med andre ord om at kæmpe sig tilbage, og om at blive en succes efter en helt anden målestok.« – Weekendavisen **** – Politiken

The international bestseller from the author of RichardJudy pickLeft Neglected

From neuroscientist and bestselling author Lisa Genova comes a story of resilience in the face of a devastating diagnosis. After a car crash leaves a vibrant mother in her thirties with a traumatic brain disorder called "left neglect," she learns what truly matters most in life. Sarah Nickerson, like any other working mom, is busy trying to have it all. One morning while racing to work and distracted by her cell phone, she looks away from the road for one second too long. In that blink of an eye, all the rapidly moving parts of her over-scheduled life come to a screeching halt. After a brain injury steals her awareness of everything on her left side, Sarah must retrain her mind to perceive the world as a whole. In so doing, she also learns how to pay attention to the people and parts of her life that matter most. In this powerful and poignant New York Times bestseller, Lisa Genova explores what can happen when we are forced to change our perception of everything around us. Left Neglected is an unforgettable story about finding abundance in the most difficult of circumstances, learning to pay attention to the details, and nourishing what truly matters.

In Lisa Genova's extraordinary New York Times bestselling novel, an accomplished woman slowly loses her thoughts and memories to Alzheimer's disease--only to discover that each day brings a new way of living and loving. Now a major motion picture starring Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kate Bosworth, and Kristen Stewart Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children and a house on the Cape, is a celebrated Harvard professor at the height of her career when she notices a forgetfulness creeping into her life. As confusion starts to cloud her thinking and her memory begins to fail her, she receives a devastating diagnosis: early onset Alzheimer's disease. Fiercely independent, Alice struggles to maintain her lifestyle and live in the moment, even as her sense of self is being stripped away. In turns heartbreaking, inspiring, and terrifying, Still Alice captures in remarkable detail what it's like to literally lose your mind... Reminiscent of A Beautiful Mind, Ordinary People, and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Still Alice packs a powerful emotional punch and marks the arrival of a strong new voice in fiction.