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Lisa Genova eBox Set: Still Alice, Left Neglected, and Love Anthony

The collection features 'Still Alice,' a story about a woman diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's; 'Left Neglected,' which delves into the life of a musician with a rare neurological condition; and 'Love Anthony,' a novel that intertwines the lives of a young girl with autism and her family. These works are known for their poignant narratives and insightful portrayal of complex medical and emotional issues. more

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Lisa Genova
Lisa Genova

Lisa Genova, born in 1970, is an American author known for her insightful exploration of medicine, psychology, and human emotions in her works. more

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“But will I always love her? Does my love for her reside in my head or my heart? The scientist in her believed that emotion resulted from complex limbic brain circuitry that was for her, at this very moment, trapped in the trenches of a battle in which there would be no survivors. The mother in her believed that the love she hadd for her daughter was safe from the mayhem in her mind, because it lived in her heart.”

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Book:Still Alice
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“I have observed this in my experience of slavery, - that whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only increased my desire to be free, and set me to thinking of plans to gain my freedom. I have found that, to make a contented slave, it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken his moral and mental vision, and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason. He must be able to detect no inconsistencies in slavery; he must be made to feel that slavery is right; and he can be brought to that only when he ceased to be a man.”

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Book:Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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“In the hours that followed, I learned that Ademic hand gestures did not actually represent facial expressions. It was nothing so simple as that. For example a smile can mean you're amused, happy, grateful, or satisfied. You can smile to comfort someone. You can smile because you're content or because you're in love. A grimace or a grin look similar to a smile, but they mean entirely different things. Imagine trying to teach someone how to smile. Imagine trying to describe what different smiles mean and when, precisely, to use them in conversation. It's harder than learning to walk.”

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Author:Patrick Rothfuss
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