· A New York Times bestseller, Turn of Mind is a literary thriller about a retired orthopedic surgeon suffering from dementia and accused of killing her best friend. With unmatched patience and a pulsating intensity, Alice LaPlante's debut novel brings us deep into a brilliant woman’s deteriorating mind, where the impossibility of recognizing reality can be both a blessing and a bltadwin.ru: Grove/Atlantic, Inc. A stunning first novel, both literary and thriller, about a retired orthopedic surgeon with dementia, Turn of Mind has already received worldwide attention. With unmatched patience and a pulsating intensity, Alice LaPlante brings us deep into a brilliant woman’s deteriorating mind, where the impossibility of recognizing reality can be both a blessing and a curse/5(). Turn of Mind. by. Alice LaPlante (Goodreads Author) · Rating details · 14, ratings · 2, reviews. A stunning first novel, both literary and thriller, about a retired surgeon with dementia who clings to bits of reality through anger, frustration, shame and unspeakable loss. Turn of Mind, a literary page-turner about a retired orthopedic surgeon suffering from dementia and accused of killing her best /5.
Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante - review This unforgettable debut novel is a murder mystery with the most unreliable of narrators: a suspect suffering from Alzheimer's Alison Flood. A stunning first novel, both literary and thriller, about a retired orthopedic surgeon with dementia, Turn of Mind has already received worldwide attention. With unmatched patience and a pulsating intensity, Alice LaPlante brings us deep into a brilliant woman's deteriorating mind, where the impossibility of recognizing reality can be both a. Shutterstock. Oscar nominees Annette Bening and Michelle Pfeiffer are boarding director Gideon Raff 's thriller Turn of Mind, a feature adaptation of the Alice LaPlante New York Times bestseller.
“What bumps Turn of Mind up into the exalted Daphne Du Maurier/Ruth Rendell category of ‘literary thriller’ is LaPlante’s fearless and compassionate investigation into the erosion of her main character’s mind Turn of Mind reads as a series of fragmentary-but-illuminating first-person conversations between Dr. White and various other characters In the short space of these dialogues, Dr. White’s grip on reality fades in and out, like an iffy radio frequency and time. Alice LaPlante’s Turn of Mind is a spellbinding novel about the disintegration of a strong woman’s mind and the unhinging of her family. Dr. Jennifer White, recently widowed and a newly retired orthopedic surgeon, is entering the beginning stages of dementia — where the impossibility of recognizing reality can be both a blessing and a curse. A stunning first novel, both literary and thriller, about a retired surgeon with dementia who clings to bits of reality through anger, frustration, shame and unspeakable loss. Turn of Mind, a literary page-turner about a retired orthopedic surgeon suffering from dementia and accused of killing her best friend, was a New York Times hardcover bestseller and named a Best Book of the Year by Newsday, Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and Kirkus Reviews.
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