Love Anthony - Softcover

Genova, Lisa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1471113264 ISBN 13: 9781471113260

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

Olivia Donatelli's dream of a 'normal' life was shattered when her son, Anthony, was diagnosed with autism at age three. He didn't speak. He hated to be touched. He almost never made eye contact. And just as Olivia was starting to realise that happiness and autism could coexist, Anthony died. Now she's alone in a cottage on Nantucket, separated from her husband, desperate to understand the meaning of her son's short life, when a chance encounter with another woman facing her own loss brings Anthony alive again for Olivia in a most unexpected way. In a piercing story about motherhood, love and female friendship, Lisa Genova offers us two unforgettable women on the verge of change who discover the small but exuberant voice that helps them both find the answers they need.

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Review:

"There's a point in the narrative where one of the characters becomes so engrossed in reading a book that she loses track of time. Readers of Genova's latest excellent offering might very well find the same happening to them."--Kirkus

"""Lisa Genova's novels ring true. "Love Anthony", like Genova's two previous novels, is beautifully written, and poignant to the point of heartbreak...Anyone who has had even a passing contact with an autistic child will relate.--USA Today

Writing with deep empathy and insight, Genova has created an engaging story that fearlessly asks the big questions.--Booklist

"It's not just a good book about autism, it's a good book that happens to have autism in it."--N. McKibben, Goodreads reviewer

"In "Love Anthony", Olivia is dealing with the death of her autistic young son, Anthony ... Genova's writing is getting stronger with each book, in my opinion. I recommend all of her books. I cannot wait to read anything else she writes."--Melissa's Book Picks

"""Lisa Genova's novels ring true. "Love Anthony," like Genova's two previous novels, is beautifully written, and poignant to the point of heartbreak...Anyone who has had even a passing contact with an autistic child will relate.--USA Today

"Autism is like a Zen "koan"--a riddle without answers.., with effects that are myriad, mysterious, and confounding. The same could be said about "love." This book upended my perceptions of both conditions, leaving me feeling with my mind and thinking with my heart. Everyone should read this book!" --Jamie Ford, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet"

"There s a point in the narrative where one of the characters becomes so engrossed in reading a book that she loses track of time. Readers of Genova s latest excellent offering might very well find the same happening to them."--Kirkus"

Autism is like a Zen "koan" a riddle without answers.., with effects that are myriad, mysterious, and confounding. The same could be said about "love." This book upended my perceptions of both conditions, leaving me feeling with my mind and thinking with my heart. Everyone should read this book!" --Jamie Ford, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet""

"It s not just a good book about autism, it s a good book that happens to have autism in it."--N. McKibben, Goodreads reviewer"

About the Author:

Lisa Genova graduated valedictorian from Bates College with a degree in Biopsychology and holds a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Harvard University. She is a member of the Dementia Advocacy and Support Network International and DementiaUSA and is an online columnist for the National Alzheimer's Association. She lives with her husband and two children on the Cape. Still Alice is her first novel. She is currently at work on her second that also centers on a neurologist impairment called Left Neglected.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1471113264
• ISBN 13: 9781471113260
• Binding: Paperback