![]() ![]() Last summer-nine years after finishing her Ph.D.-Genova published Still Alice, in which she tells the story of a fictional 50-year-old Harvard professor who develops early onset Alzheimer disease. "That's what I hope to do with my writing, both fiction and non." "That's everything right there," Genova, 37, said of the quote from Sacks's book, which propelled her toward a doctorate in neuroscience. Within the pages of this bestseller she had read as an undergraduate, Lisa Genova found something more profound than a set of intriguing neurological case histories. ![]() ![]() In examining the person with disease, we gain wisdom about life."-Oliver Sacks, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. Still Alice Book Cover"In examining disease, we gain wisdom about anatomy and physiology and biology. How would you like to share? Facebook Twitter LinkedIn ![]()
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