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Inside the O'Briens

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Inside the O'Briens

By: Lisa Genova
Narrated by: Skipp Sudduth
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From New York Times bestselling author and neuroscientist Lisa Genova comes a “heartbreaking…very human novel” (Matthew Thomas, author of We Are Not Ourselves) that does for Huntington’s disease what her debut novel Still Alice did for Alzheimer’s.

Joe O’Brien is a forty-three-year-old police officer from the Irish Catholic neighborhood of Charlestown, Massachusetts. A devoted husband, proud father of four children in their twenties, and respected officer, Joe begins experiencing bouts of disorganized thinking, uncharacteristic temper outbursts, and strange, involuntary movements. He initially attributes these episodes to the stress of his job, but as these symptoms worsen, he agrees to see a neurologist and is handed a diagnosis that will change his and his family’s lives forever: Huntington’s disease.

Huntington’s is a lethal neurodegenerative disease with no treatment and no cure, and each of Joe’s four children has a fifty percent chance of inheriting their father’s disease. While watching her potential future in her father’s escalating symptoms, twenty-one-year-old daughter Katie struggles with the questions this test imposes on her young adult life. As Joe’s symptoms worsen and he’s eventually stripped of his badge and more, Joe struggles to maintain hope and a sense of purpose, while Katie and her siblings must find the courage to either live a life “at risk” or learn their fate.

Praised for writing that “explores the resilience of the human spirit” (San Francisco Chronicle), Lisa Genova has once again delivered a novel as powerful and unforgettable as the human insights at its core. Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Medical Women's Fiction
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Good story well told although a bit repetitive. More consideration of Rosie's experience and feelings would have rounded it out. Well read.

Interesting story

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I. Loved this as a person who has Huntington's chorea the family resonated with me in a very deep manner. Well done

Huntington's Dance

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I loved this book. A real look into a heartbreaking situation. I strongly recommend it.

Brilliant and moving story

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I love all the books by this author. She helps you understand what each neurological disease feels like while telling a compelling story.

Moving

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