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Inside the O'Briens

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Inside the O'Briens

Auteur(s): Lisa Genova
Narrateur(s): 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. Fiction Fiction de genre Fiction féminine Fiction littéraire

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As someone who was diagnosed with HD this year, the characters did a great job of describing thoughts and feelings. Well written book!

Great

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I really enjoyed this as I have other books by Lisa Genova. Narrator had a fantastic voice too.

Great Read

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A difficult story beautifully told. The narrator was perfect for this story. I laughed out loud in parts and cried in others. I listened non stop and learned along with the O’Brians about HD

Beautifully written

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A beautiful, admittedly somewhat sad novel.
Performance is outstanding.
The story is beautifully written, yet educational as well.

Brilliant

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Each time I read a book written by Ms. Genova, the characters have some much depth that you can't help become invested in their story.

Excellent.

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