Lisa Genova writes contemporary fiction centred on neurological conditions and the changes they bring to identity, work and family relationships. Still Alice follows Harvard professor Alice Howland after she is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, keeping the narrative close to her experience as memory and professional independence begin to change. Left Neglected centres on a working mother recovering from a brain injury that leaves her unable to perceive the left side of space, while Inside the O'Briens follows a Boston family confronting Huntington's disease. Genova has a background in neuroscience, and her novels combine medical detail with everyday domestic consequences rather than treating diagnosis as a plot twist alone. Still Alice is the clearest route into Genova's medical fiction, while Left Neglected and Inside the O'Briens show the same close focus on how neurological change affects work and family life. Read more Less
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