| ID | 020263 |
| Call Number | 813.6/GEN |
| Title Proper | Inside the O'Briens |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Genova, Lisa |
| Publication | London, Simon and Schuster, 2015. |
| Description | 358p Black spine |
| Note | Joe O'Brien is a Boston cop; his physical stamina and methodical mind have seen him through decades of policing the city streets, while raising a family with his wife Rosie. When he starts making uncharacteristic errors - mislaying his weapon, having trouble writing up reports, slurring speech - he attributes them to stress, though he finally agrees to see a doctor. The unexpected, terrifying diagnosis is Huntington's disease. Not only is Joe's life set to change forever, but each of his four grown-up children has a fifty per cent chance of inheriting the disease. Observing her potential future play out in her father's escalating symptoms, his yoga-teacher daughter Katie wrestles with how to make the most of the here and now, and how to care for her dad who is, inside, always an O'Brien. |
| Standard Number | 9781471142925 |
| Price. Qualification | £7.99(Pb) |
| Classification Number | 813.6 |
| Key Words | IBDP ; Huntington's disease - Patients - Fiction ; Genetic disorders - Diagnosis - Fiction ; Families of the terminally ill - Fiction ; Popular fiction |