{"product_id":"inside-the-obriens-paperback","title":"Inside the O'Briens - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLisa Genova\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA New York Times bestseller ▪ A Library Journal Best Books of 2015 Pick ▪ A St. Louis Post-Dispatch Best Books of 2015 Pick ▪A GoodReads Top Ten Fiction Book of 2015 ▪ A People Magazine Great Read 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 50 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcclaimed as the Oliver Sacks of fiction and the Michael Crichton of brain science, Lisa Genova is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eStill Alice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLeft Neglected\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLove Anthony\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInside the O'Briens\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRemember\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ci\u003e Still Alice \u003c\/i\u003ewas adapted into an Oscar-winning film starring Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, and Kristen Stewart. Lisa graduated valedictorian from Bates College with a degree in biopsychology and holds a PhD in neuroscience from Harvard University. She travels worldwide speaking about the neurological diseases she writes about and has appeared on \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDr. Oz\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eShow\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Today\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePBS NewsHour\u003c\/i\u003e, CNN, and NPR. Her TED talk, What You Can Do To Prevent Alzheimer's, has been viewed over 2 million times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 05, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42717460758591,"sku":"9781476717791","price":22.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/49bc2f820a6d5994bf7a17691ec69d9d.webp?v=1765078554","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/inside-the-obriens-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}