![]() It also has a similar poignancy the reader can empathize easily with the main character’s plight. Reading Still Alice reminded me of reading Flowers for Algernon it has the same first-person point of view of descending into forgetfulness, of the brain letting one down. ![]() It quickly affects her ability to work and makes her wonder who she is and who she can be without the abilities she has always prized. But then she starts forgetting things she could chalk up these lapses to menopause or stress, but stranger things happen that make her wonder and finally make an appointment with her doctor.Īlice is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, and the news devastates her. ![]() There are a few things she wouldn’t mind changing, such as her youngest daughter’s dubious career path, but overall, she is largely happy. Alice Howland has a satisfying life she has a successful career as a professor at Harvard University, three grown children and an equally successful husband. ![]()
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