Genova, Lisa.

Inside the O'Briens : a novel / Lisa Genova. - First Gallery Books hardcover edition. - 343 pages ; 22 cm.

Patrol officer Joe O'Brien is third-generation Irish in Charlestown. A tough cop with a soft interior, a loving wife and four adult children, Joe is diagnosed with Huntington's disease. 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 his daughter Katie and her siblings must find the courage to either live a life "at risk" or learn their fate.

ISBN: 9781476717777 (hbk.) 147671777X (hbk.)

LCCN: 2014034832

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Huntington's disease--Patients--Fiction.
Police--Massachusetts--Fiction.
Terminally ill--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Medical fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.6