Still Alice

January 23, 2012 

We enjoyed a great afternoon and dinner at Bella Rose Cafe in Haverstraw. Still Alice touched many of us so deeply. Almost everyone knew someone, or a loved one, who has been devastated by Alzheimer's disease. Lisa Genova brought the trials and tribulations to us so vividly - since she wrote the book in the voice of a patient with Alzheimer's. Many of us were comforted to know that we weren't the only ones to worry about our memories while reading the book. In the part where Alice visits the Doctor, who tests her memory by asking her to remember an address and name later on in her visit, I found myself trying to repeat the name so I, too, would remember it later on. Thank you to everyone who took time out of their busy schedules to discuss this touching, and memorable, novel.