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Still Alice is a novel by Lisa Genova.
The novel is about a woman who suffers early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.
Alice Howland, a 50-year-old woman, is a cognitive psychology professor at Harvard and a world-renowned linguistics expert.
In the film adaptation Moore plays a linguistics professor at Columbia.
She is married to an equally successful husband, and they have three grown children.
The disease takes hold swiftly, and it changes Alice’s relationship with her family and the world.
It was Genova's first novel.
Genova self-published the book in 2007 with iUniverse.
Beverly Beckham of The Boston Globe wrote of it,
"After I read "Still Alice" I wanted to stand up and tell a train full of strangers, "You have to get this book."
Beckham notes that the story is told from the inside:
"This is Alice Howland's story, for as long as she can tell it."
The book was later acquired by Simon and Schuster and published in January 2009 by Pocket Books (now Gallery Books). I
t was on The New York Times best seller list for more than 40 weeks.
It has been sold in 30 countries and translated into more than 20 languages.
The book was adapted for the stage by Christine Mary Dunford for the Lookingglass Theatre Company in Chicago.
The play was produced from April 10-May 19, 2013.
Memento Films and Killer Films produced a film adaptation of Still Alice, starring Julianne Moore in her Academy Award winning role as Alice Howland, and co-starring Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart, and Kate Bosworth.
The novel is about a woman who suffers early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.
Alice Howland, a 50-year-old woman, is a cognitive psychology professor at Harvard and a world-renowned linguistics expert.
In the film adaptation Moore plays a linguistics professor at Columbia.
She is married to an equally successful husband, and they have three grown children.
The disease takes hold swiftly, and it changes Alice’s relationship with her family and the world.
It was Genova's first novel.
Genova self-published the book in 2007 with iUniverse.
Beverly Beckham of The Boston Globe wrote of it,
"After I read "Still Alice" I wanted to stand up and tell a train full of strangers, "You have to get this book."
Beckham notes that the story is told from the inside:
"This is Alice Howland's story, for as long as she can tell it."
The book was later acquired by Simon and Schuster and published in January 2009 by Pocket Books (now Gallery Books). I
t was on The New York Times best seller list for more than 40 weeks.
It has been sold in 30 countries and translated into more than 20 languages.
The play was produced from April 10-May 19, 2013.
Memento Films and Killer Films produced a film adaptation of Still Alice, starring Julianne Moore in her Academy Award winning role as Alice Howland, and co-starring Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart, and Kate Bosworth.
References[edit]
- Jump up ^ "Still Alice". Lisa Genova Official Site. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Beverly Beckham, "Despite monster, she is 'Still Alice'" (Archive), Boston Globe, 16 March 2008, accessed 1 June 2014
- Jump up ^ "Total Transformation" (Archive), Cape Cod Magazine, March 2011, accessed 1 June 2014
- Jump up ^ "'Still Alice' at the Lookinglass Theatre". Lookingglass Theatre. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- Jump up ^ "Kristen Stewart confirmed for Still Alice Movie". Movie That Matters.
Further reading[edit]
- Burkhardt, Joanna M. "Genova, Lisa. Still Alice." Library Journal, May 1, 2009, Vol.134(8), p.50(1).
- Clifton, Tanya. "Still Alice." International Psychogeriatrics, 2010, Vol.22(5), pp.846-846.
- Dempsey, Dianne. "Unforgettable story of Alzheimer's." The Age. February 28, 2009, p.23.
- Gordon, Alexis. "Still Alice" (Archive). University of Toronto Medical Journal, 2010, Vol.88(1), p.55. See profile - DOI: 10.5015/utmj.v88i1.1300
- Grodovich, Lorrainem. "STILL ALICE: A NOVEL By Lisa Genova: New York, NY: Pocket Books, 2009 293 pages, $15.00 (paperback)ISBN: 978-1-4391-0281-7." Educational Gerontology, 2009, Vol.35(9), p.853-853
- Harding - Price, Sharon. "Still Alice." Mental Health Practice, April, 2011, Vol.14(7), p.6(1).
- Ransohoff, Sue. "Reader recommendation: Still Alice" (Archive). The Christian Science Monitor, September 4, 2014.
- Wilkinson, Joanne." "Still Alice." Booklist, November 15, 2008, Vol.105(6), p.27(2).
- "Genova, Lisa: STILL ALICE" (Archive). Kirkus Reviews, November 1, 2008.
- "Still Alice" (Archive). Publishers Weekly, October 20, 2008, Vol.255(42), p.31(1).
Notes[edit]
- Some content originates from Lisa Genova
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