The story follows the emotional roller coaster this family experiences as Alice's disease progresses. She loses her way while running on campus one day and realizes that there is more going on than "normal" memory loss.Īlice's diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer's disease comes as a shock to Alice (played by Julianne Moore), her husband John (played by Alec Baldwin), and their three adult children Anna, Tom, and Lydia. Gradually, she notices other lapses in her memory and cognitive functioning. Alice Howland, a well-regarded and ambitious linguistics professor who, at the age of 50 and in the prime of her career, notices that she is having trouble remembering words that once came to her easily. The New York Times best selling first novel by Lisa Genova, a neuroscientist turned author, was well received by our group of social work readers. Still Alice was an early book club selection for The New Social Worker's Book Club. I have been highly anticipating the release of this film.
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