{"product_id":"book-bfy8","title":"Inside the O'Briens","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller ▪ A\u003ci\u003e Library Journal \u003c\/i\u003eBest Books of 2015 Pick ▪ A \u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch \u003c\/i\u003eBest Books of 2015 Pick ▪A GoodReads Top Ten Fiction Book of 2015 ▪ A \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine Great Read\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrom\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author and neuroscientist Lisa Genova comes a “heartbreaking…very human novel” (Matthew Thomas, author of \u003ci\u003eWe Are Not Ourselves\u003c\/i\u003e) that does for Huntington’s disease what her debut novel \u003ci\u003eStill Alice \u003c\/i\u003edid for Alzheimer’s.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoe 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHuntington’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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePraised for writing that “explores the resilience of the human spirit” (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e), Lisa Genova has once again delivered a novel as powerful and unforgettable as the human insights at its core.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49347394601264,"sku":"BDbfy8","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD [40]","offer_id":49347394634032,"sku":"40bfy8","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/173928-bfy8-Square.jpg?v=1734204463","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-bfy8","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}