Inside the O'Briens

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From the bestselling author of Still Alice, adapted into an Oscar-winning film starring Julianne Moore, comes another profound and heart-wrenching story.Joe O’Brien is a Boston cop with a disciplined mind and robust physical stamina, skills that have carried him through decades of police work and raising a family with his wife, Rosie. When he begins making out-of-character mistakes—misplacing his police weapon, struggling to write reports, and experiencing slurred speech—he dismisses them as stress-induced lapses. Finally persuaded to see a doctor, Joe receives a shocking diagnosis: Huntington’s disease.Joe’s life is irrevocably changed, and each of his four grown children faces the devastating fifty-fifty chance of inheriting this genetic disease. His daughter Katie, a yoga teacher, observes her father’s decline with both dread and empathy, wrestling with the uncertain future it foreshadows. She’s determined to make the most of the present and find ways to care for her dad, who, despite everything, is still the Joe O’Brien she knows and loves.Inside the O’Briens is a powerful, heartfelt tribute to resilience and the strength of the human spirit, capturing the courage it takes to face an uncharted future.