Inside the O'Briens
of Lisa Genova (Goodreads Author)
Description
Joe OâBrien 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 familyâs lives forever: Huntingtonâs Disease.Huntingtonâs is a lethal neurodegenerative disease with no treatment and no cure. Each of Joeâs four children has a 50 percent chance of inheriting their fatherâs disease, and a simple blood test can reveal their genetic fate. While watching her potential future in her fatherâs 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 sheâs gene positive? Can she live with the constant anxiety of not knowing?As Joeâs symptoms worsen and heâs 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 âat riskâ or learn their fate.
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Book Details
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 343 pages
- Publisher Gallery Books
- Publication Date April 7th 2015
- First Publication Not informed
- Language English
- ISBN 9781476717777
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
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