Bookies Book Group - "Still Alice"

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The Bookies meet on the first Wednesday of every month at 1:30 PM. Book selections are made 3-6 months in advance. Anyone interested in the book discussions is welcome to attend! In February, we will be discussing "Still Alice" by Lisa Genova [Book discussion questions](https://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/fiction/987-still-alice-genova?showall=1) Summary: 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's it's like to literally lose your mind...