Inside The O'briens: A Novel

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Synopsis

A New York Times bestseller ▪ A Library Journal Best Books of 2015 Pick ▪ A St. Louis Post-Dispatch Best Books of 2015 Pick ▪A GoodReads Top Ten Fiction Book of 2015 ▪ A People Magazine Great Read

From New York Times bestselling author and neuroscientist Lisa Genova comes a “heartbreaking…very human novel” (Matthew Thomas, author of We Are Not Ourselves) that does for Huntington’s disease what her debut novel Still Alice did for Alzheimer’s.

Joe O’Brien is a forty-three-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 family’s lives forever: Huntington’s disease.

Huntington’s is a lethal neurodegenerative disease with no treatment and no cure, and each of Joe’s four children has a 50 percent chance of inheriting their father’s disease. While watching her potential future in her father’s escalating symptoms, twenty-one-year-old daughter Katie struggles with the questions this test imposes on her young adult life. As Joe’s symptoms worsen and he’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 “at risk” or learn their fate.

Praised for writing that “explores the resilience of the human spirit” (San Francisco Chronicle), Lisa Genova has once again delivered a novel as powerful and unforgettable as the human insights at its core.

Chapters

  • InsideTheOBriens 01 Title

    Duration: 56s
  • InsideTheOBriens 02 Part1Ch1

    Duration: 10min
  • InsideTheOBriens 03 Ch2

    Duration: 23min
  • InsideTheOBriens 04 Ch3

    Duration: 23min
  • InsideTheOBriens 05 Ch4

    Duration: 34min
  • InsideTheOBriens 06 Ch5

    Duration: 18min
  • InsideTheOBriens 07 Ch6

    Duration: 27min
  • InsideTheOBriens 08 Ch7

    Duration: 28min
  • InsideTheOBriens 09 Ch8

    Duration: 12min
  • InsideTheOBriens 10 Ch9

    Duration: 28min
  • InsideTheOBriens 11 Part2Ch10

    Duration: 31min
  • InsideTheOBriens 12 Ch11

    Duration: 19min
  • InsideTheOBriens 13 Ch12

    Duration: 17min
  • InsideTheOBriens 14 Ch13

    Duration: 10min
  • InsideTheOBriens 15 Ch14

    Duration: 06min
  • InsideTheOBriens 16 Ch15

    Duration: 22min
  • InsideTheOBriens 17 Ch16

    Duration: 28min
  • InsideTheOBriens 18 Ch17

    Duration: 16min
  • InsideTheOBriens 19 Ch18

    Duration: 17min
  • InsideTheOBriens 20 Ch19

    Duration: 13min
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