Genova self-published the novel in 2007 it was picked up two years later by Simon & Schuster in a fierce bidding war and became a New York Times best-seller. Lisa Genova, author of "Still Alice," is a former Harvard neuroscientist. “Still Alice” concerns the fate of Alice Howland, an accomplished, 50-year-old linguistics professor at Harvard who is diagnosed with the disease. “It” is Alzheimer’s disease, particularly the rare and especially cruel early-onset Alzheimer’s.
“I just know it’s going to be a lot more and it’s wonderful. “I don’t know how many people will see the movie versus reading the book,” Genova says. On that day, “Still Alice,” a film based upon her novel of the same name, hits theaters in the Boston area. Lisa Genova is musing about what might unfold beginning Jan. Julianne Moore as Alice in "Still Alice." (Linda Kallerus/Sony Pictures Classics) This article is more than 8 years old.
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