Love Anthony by Lisa Genova, Unconditional Love

Lisa Genova is the award winning, best selling author of "Still Alice," which chronicles a woman who has early onset Alzheimer.  In "Love Anthony," Genova examines life as an autistic boy, Anthony, and the heartache & love this brings to a family.  The novel is set in Nantucket where two women are dealing with cracks in their marriage.  Anthony is the son of Olivia & David.  The anguish of managing Anthony siphons the love from his parents marriage which does not survive.  Beth & Jimmy, parents of 3 girls, have separated as a result of Jimmy's adulterous affair.  Beth returns to her writing & channels inside the mind of an autistic child & gives voice to his perceptions .  There are also Olivia's journals reflecting on caring for a child with autism.  Genova is not only a gifted writer, she holds a Ph.D. in neuroscience from Harvard.  Love Anthony makes for a compassionate, heartfelt story.  "Love Anthony," is about what people need from each other to feel loved in a marriage and what it means to love unconditionally.