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Atlantic Monthly Press
July 2011
On Sale: July 5, 2011
320 pages
ISBN: 0802119778
EAN: 9780802119773
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Women's Fiction
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 womanโs deteriorating mind, where the impossibility of recognizing reality can be both a blessing and a curse. As the book opens, Dr. Jennifer Whiteโs best friend, Amanda, who lived down the block, has been killed, and four fingers surgically removed from her hand. Dr. White is the prime suspect and she herself doesnโt know whether she did it. Told in Whiteโs own voice, fractured and eloquent, a picture emerges of the surprisingly intimate, complex alliance between these life-long friendsโtwo proud, forceful women who were at times each otherโs most formidable adversaries. As the investigation into the murder deepens and Whiteโs relationships with her live-in caretaker and two grown children intensify, a chilling question lingers: is Whiteโs shattered memory preventing her from revealing the truth or helping her to hide it? A startling portrait of a disintegrating mind clinging to bits of reality through anger, frustration, shame, and unspeakable loss, Turn of Mind is a remarkable debut that examines the deception and frailty of memory and how it defines our very existence.
 Media BuzzOn Point - December 15, 2011
Fresh Air - NPR - July 14, 2011
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