A Book Set in Your Home State: Inside the O'Brien's by Lisa Genova Remember when I read Still Alice and I cried the whole book? Yeah I did that here too, but this time for different reasons. Lisa Genova's most recent book deals with Huntington's disease, which is a disease that has personally effected my family. My maternal grandfather died from this disease and it can still be active in my genetics today. I don't remember much about him, bits and pieces and most of them involve him in the local VA hospital. There is actually a scene in the beginning of the book where the main character and his wife visit the Wang wing or section at MGH and they describe patients of Huntington's and I actually had to put the book down. I had memories I didn't even know I have come rushing back to me. This book was a challenge. A barely 300 page book typically takes me 3-4 days, but this took me around 10 days. It was that difficult for me to read. I'm ...