Adult Selection

Our 2012 CommunityREAD selection is Still Alice by Lisa Genova!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Lisa Genova graduated valedictorian from Bates College with a degree in Biopsychology and has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Harvard University. She is the author of the New York Times Bestselling novels STILL ALICE and LEFT NEGLECTED.

STILL ALICE debuted at #5 on the New York Times Bestseller list and has spent 36 weeks on that list.  It won the 2008 Bronte Prize and the 2011 Bexley Book of the Year, and it was nominated for the 2010 Indies Choice Debut Book of the Year by the American Booksellers Association.  It was the #6 Top Book Group Favorite of 2009 by Reading Group Choices, a 2009 Barnes & Noble Discover Pick, a 2009 Indie Next pick, a 2009 Borders Book Club Pick, and a 2009 Target Book Club pick.  There are over a million copies in print, and it has been translated into 25 languages.

LEFT NEGLECTED spent 7 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list in hardcover.  It was the #1 Indie Next Pick for January 2011, the Borders “Book You’ll Love” for January 2011, and is the #4 Indie Reading Group Pick for summer 2011.  It will be released in trade paperback on July 26, 2011.

Lisa is currently writing her third novel, LOVE ANTHONY, about a boy with autism. She lives with her family on Cape Cod.

ABOUT STILL ALICE
 Still Alice is a compelling debut novel about a 50-year-old woman’s sudden descent into early onset Alzheimer’s disease, written by first-time author Lisa Genova, who holds a Ph. D in neuroscience from Harvard University.

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…

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.

FEATURE EVENT
Lisa Genova will visit Findlay on Friday, March 2, 2012 at 7:00 PM at Central Auditorium.  A free book signing for attendees will follow this event.  Tickets are $5 each at the Arts Partnership office, 618 S. Main St., Findlay, OH 45840 or the Community Foundation office, 101 W. Sandusky St., Suite 207, Findlay, OH 45840. Tickets are also available at DorAnne’s Gift & Gourmet, Friends of the Library Book Cellar, Mazza Museum, Mother Hubbard’s Learning Cupboard, Readmore’s Hallmark, Common Grounds Coffeehouse & Cafe (Bluffton), and at the door.

ESSAY CONTEST
The CommunityREAD program of the Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation is sponsoring an essay contest relating to the themes which are discussed in Lisa Genova’s book, Still Alice.  This contest encourages students in grades 3-12 and adults to write an essay addressing the following question:  If you knew you would eventually lose all memories, what is the one thing you would want to remember?  Please submit your essay and registration form on or before February 13, 2012.

Click here for more information about the essay contest (PDF).

MORE INFORMATION
Lisa Genova’s website.

Click here for discussion questions from Simon & Schuster.

Click here for a flyer you can print and hang at your school, church, or office. (PDF)

Click here for complete list of services (service type listed below) which are provided by health care agencies in Hancock County, to support families living with and providing care for those diagnosed with dementia:

• Home Health Care Services
• Adult Day Centers
• Assisted Living Facilities
• Nursing Homes