{"id":9519,"date":"2009-05-07T13:47:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-07T17:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bridge.batesmaine.net\/?p=9519"},"modified":"2018-06-04T09:30:26","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T13:30:26","slug":"genova-92-author-of-best-selling-still-alice-to-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2009\/05\/07\/genova-92-author-of-best-selling-still-alice-to-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Genova '92, author of best-selling Still Alice, to visit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lisa Genova, a member of the Bates College class of 1992 whose self-published novel about a professor succumbing to early-onset Alzheimer’s disease became a best-seller earlier this year, offers a talk and reading at Bates at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 20, in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave.<\/p>\n

Sponsored by the Bates psychology department, the event is open to the public at no cost.<\/p>\n

Genova’s debut novel Still Alice<\/a><\/em> made news for both its literary quality and its unusual route to public attention. Unable to attract an agent, Genova<\/a> published the book herself using an online service. Then word got around, enthusiasm snowballed and Genova signed a contract with Simon and Schuster — under whose imprint the book debuted at No. 5 on The New York Times bestseller list in January.<\/p>\n

Still Alice<\/em> is the story of 50-year-old Alice Howland, who is a celebrated Harvard professor, happily married and at the peak of her career, when she notices the first signs of a failing memory. As the disease progresses, she struggles to maintain her lifestyle and to live in the moment even as her sense of self is disappearing.<\/p>\n

“As Alice laments, ‘I miss myself,'” wrote USA Today reviewer Craig Wilson. “A poignant portrait of Alzheimer’s, Still Alice<\/em> is not a book you will forget.”<\/p>\n

Genova graduated from Bates summa cum laude with a self-designed major in biopsychology and has a Ph.D. in neuroscience from Harvard. She has researched the molecular origins of depression, Parkinson’s disease, drug addiction and memory loss following stroke.<\/p>\n

She is also an actress working in Boston theaters and independent films. She is working on her next novel for Simon and Schuster, Left Neglected<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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