Archive for July 6, 2011

TURN OF MIND by Alice LaPlante

Dr. Jennifer White has early onset Alzheimer’s disease at 64 years old. Once an esteemed orthopedic surgeon specializing in surgery of the hands, she is now unable to remember things from minute to minute, unable to recognize her son Mark or her daughter Fiona most of the time. Her mind goes in and out from fog to lucidity but the lucidity, for the most part, are memories of her early life. In TURN OF MIND by Alice LaPlante, the reader gets deeply into the mind of a woman with dementia. It is very realistic and fascinating. Having a mother with dementia and being a clinical social worker myself, I can say without reservation that Alice LaPlante really gets it.

July 6, 2011 · Judi Clark · No Comments
Tags: , , , ,  Â· Posted in: Debut Novel, Literary, Mystery/Suspense, Reading Guide, Thriller/Spy/Caper