Inside the O'Briens: A Novel

Inside the O'Briens: A Novel

From the New York Times bestselling author of Still Alice Lisa Genova comes a powerful and transcendent new novel about a family struggling with the impact of Huntingtonâ€™s disease.

Joe Oâ€™Brien is a forty-four-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 familyâ€™s lives forever: Huntingtonâ€™s Disease.

Huntingtonâ€™s is a lethal neurodegenerative disease with no treatment and no cure. Each of Joeâ€™s four children has a 50 percent chance of inheriting their fatherâ€™s disease, and a simple blood test can reveal their genetic fate. While watching her potential future in her fatherâ€™s escalating symptoms, twenty-one-year-old daughter Katie struggles with the questions this test imposes on her young adult life. Does she want to know? What if sheâ€™s gene positive? Can she live with the constant anxiety of not knowing?

As Joeâ€™s symptoms worsen and heâ€™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 â€œat riskâ€ or learn their fate.

Praised for writing that â€œexplores the resilience of the human spiritâ€ (The San Francisco Chronicle), Lisa Genova has once again delivered a novel as powerful and unforgettable as the human insights at its core.
Country USA
Brand Gallery Books
Manufacturer Gallery Books
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9781476717777
ReleaseDate 2015-04-07
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781476717777

Country	USA
Brand	Gallery Books
Manufacturer	Gallery Books
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9781476717777
ReleaseDate	2015-04-07
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781476717777

Inside the O'Briens: A Novel

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