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Would welcome some ideas for this topic, thanks!
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I'm not certain if you are looking for fiction or non-fiction but I would suggest
Year of Wonders
Still Alice
My favorite non-fiction title
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Let me know if you want more...
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The Fault in Our Stars
Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole
Until I Say Good-Bye: My Year of Living with Joy
The End of Your Life Book Club
A Lucky Life Interrupted: A memoir of Hope
My Sister's Keeper
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
Drinking: A Love Story
Tell My Sons: A Father's Last Letters
Another Lisa Genova book is one of my favorites Left Neglected
and this one which was a real sleeper about alcoholism,
Thirty Rooms to Hide In: Insanity, Addiction, and Rock 'n' Roll in the Shadow of the Mayo Clinic
Eric wrote: "
"Thanks Eric! Looks a great read
Thanks everyone! These are great recommendations, now to decide which one :)
Jo wrote: "
"I loved Moloka'i. Thanks for mentioning it!
Reading Station Eleven and loving it! But does it count in this category?
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And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Stand by Stephen King I guess The Passage by Justin Cronin would count too
The Calcutta Chromosome by Amitav Ghosh (malaria)A Million Tiny Pieces by James Frey (alcoholism)
Seconding Station Eleven!
The Calcutta Chromosome by Amitav Ghosh (malaria)A Million Tiny Pieces by James Frey (alcoholism)
Seconding Station Eleven!
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World It's about the London cholera epidemic. Quite fascinating, but don't read during a meal. You need a strong stomach.
"My Own Country: A Doctor's Story" by Abraham Verghese
Would you all count Me Before You by Jojo Moyes? It's about quadriplegia, not exactly a disease but a disability.
Ann wrote: "The Hot Zone by Richard Preston"So good and so true!
Oooh, these are great suggestions! I've really wanted to read Still Alice too.
Still Alice is fantastic, and Genova has a newer one about Huntington's Disease, as well!
I finally read Still Alice and it just wrecked me. SUCH a great story.
Gina wrote: "I finally read Still Alice and it just wrecked me. SUCH a great story."I loved it too. I really cried, and hadn't done that with a book in a long time...well except for when I read The Fault in our Stars. I bought copies for friends and family and had them read it as well. The movie version was good. This is a hard topic, but one we need to know more about!
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The Bell Jar (other topics)The Ghost Map (other topics)
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic (other topics)
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures (other topics)
Moloka'i (other topics)
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