From the back cover:"Alice Howland is proud of the life she worked so hard to build. At fifty years old, she's a cognitive psychology professor at Harvard and a world-renowned expert in linguistics with a successful husband and three grown children. When she becomes increasingly disoriented and forgetful, a tragic diagnosis changes her life - - and her relationship with her family and the world - - forever. . . "

An important book for everyone to read . . . those who love someone with dementia or Alzheimer's disease; those who have been diagnosed with either one and those whose lives have not yet been touched by dementia or Alzheimer's. I couldn't stop reading this book and just needed to keep turning the pages to find out more about how Alice was going to cope and what she would be thinking and feeling as her early onset Alzheimer's gradually took control of her thought process and language. So moving and a rare experience to see the impact of this devastating disease through the eyes and mind of one who is living the diagnosis. Will be passing this on to others who will appreciate the message.

Passed this book on to my sister-in-law today.