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About Lisa Genova
See more books from this Author...though readers may want a more thorough investigation of his growing role as caretaker, and as a character. More accessible than her somber first book, which dealt with early-onset Alzheimer's, the central condition causes readers to wonder what brain disease she will think of next.
Read Full Review of Left Neglected | See more reviews from Publishers WeeklyIt is hard to put down and practically begs to be read in one sitting, as it lingers with the reader long after the last page is turned. Genova certainly has found her literary niche.
Read Full Review of Left NeglectedOr it could just be the usual sophomoric tendency to put your all into your first project. While the empathy she is intent on showing is never clunky, the story is a touch clichéd in places...
Read Full Review of Left Neglected | See more reviews from Globe and Mail"Left Neglected" animates Sarah's disability by wrapping it in an engaging, sympathetic - if not particularly subtle - story. Genova is at her best with concrete details...
Read Full Review of Left NeglectedSome readers will likely find a few of the plot elements a bit too neat....Despite these contrivances, “Left Neglected’’ is a novel worth reading for the way it informs a little-known medical condition, as well as the engaging story of a character who transcends what could have been a tragedy to find a fresh appreciation for life.
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