Still Alice - Discussion

Book: Still Alice by Lisa Genova
Meeting Place: Kim's House
Ratings:

Tracy - 3.5

Michaelene - 2.75
Melissa - 3.5
Barb - 4
Kathy - 2.5
Joyce - 4
Sherry - 3
Kim - 3.75
Average Rating:  3.38

We're in the midwest freezing our tails off so Kim decided to whip up a dish to take an edge off the chill.  We started our evening warming up with homemade chili and all the fixings.  Next, Kim read all the early signs of Alzheimer's Disease.  We discussed each of them in great depth, always leading us on a tangent.  Haha!  After reading this book, we were all more educated on Alzheimer's Disease and we got the chance to get the "real" feel of what it's like to be diagnosed and live through all the stages.  Most of us felt great sympathy for Alice, and can't imagine receiving this diagnosis.  Everyone agreed that they are now a little more aware of their own forgetfulness.  Sigh...  Some members plan on venturing out to the movies to see Julianne Moore's role as Alice.  She recently won the "best actress" award at the Oscar's.

Alice's diagnosis seemed to have rubbed off on the group.  Ironically, everyone "forgot" to take photos of our evening!!!  So the blog will be photoless this month.  And we finally had perfect attendance for a full member group shot!!! 

BCDP:  Kim's daughter picked a name out of a hat to find the lucky winner.  Michaelene again!  That's 2 weeks in a row!  She won a cute butterfly necklace.  There was a butterfly theme throughout the book.