Inside the O'Briens by Lisa Genova
Joe O'Brien is a forty-four-year-old police officer from the Irish Catholic neighbourhood of Charlestown, Massachusetts. A devoted husband, proud father of four children in their twenties, and respected officer, when Joe begins experiencing bouts of disorganised thinking, uncharacteristic temper outbursts, and strange, involuntary movements, he initially attributes these episodes to stress.
Finally, 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. Each of Joe's four children has a 50 percent chance of inheriting their father's disease.
While watching her potential future in her father's escalating symptoms, Joe's twenty-one-year-old daughter Katie wrestles with the questions this test imposes on her young adult life.
Praised for writing that "explores the resilience of the human spirit" (The San Francisco Chronicle), Lisa Genova has once again delivered a novel as powerful and unforgettable as the human insights at its core.
Format: Paperback | 400 pages
Dimensions (cm): 23.3 x 15.2 x 2.5 | 560g -
Publication Date: 07 Apr 2015
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
Language: English
Edition Number: 1
ISBN10: 1471142906
ISBN13: 9781471142901
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Some damage to the cover including creased edges, and creasing running down the left-hand side of the front cover, parallel to the spine, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing, but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text and no writing in margins. No missing pages.