Greg O’Brien has more than 35 years of newspaper and
magazine experience as a writer, editor, investigative reporter,
and publisher. Over the years, he has contributed to, among other
publications, the Associated Press, UPI, USA Today, Arizona
Republic, Boston Herald American, Boston Metro, New York Metro,
Philadelphia Metro, Providence Journal, Cape Cod Times, Boston
Irish Reporter, and Boston Magazine, where he was senior writer. He
is former editor and publisher of the Cape Codder and Register
newspapers, former editor of Cape Cod Life, and was a founding
managing director of Community Newspaper Company in Boston. He is
the editor/author of several books, has published 17 books by other
writers through his publishing affiliate Codfish Press, has
written/produced documentaries, and has been a scriptwriter.
O’Brien is the editor and president of Stony Brook Group located on
Cape Cod in Brewster, MA, through which he runs local, regional,
and national political and corporate communication strategy
campaigns. He and his wife Mary Catherine have three children:
Brendan, Colleen, and Conor.
Lisa Genova, PhD, is the New York Times best-selling author
of Still Alice, Left Neglected, and Still Anthony.
"The book is excellent…It's sad, it's beautifully written, it's
humorous at times…really a good read for anyone heading down this
path, or knowing someone who is going down this path." —Anthony
Everett, Ch.5 Chronicle.
"Told with extraordinary vulnerability, grace, humor, and profound
insight, On Pluto is an intimate look inside the mind of Greg
O’Brien, a journalist diagnosed with young onset Alzheimer's. But
the real gem of On Pluto lies in its unflinching look inside Greg’s
heart. If you’re trying to understand what it feels like to live
with Alzheimer’s, and you are because you’re reading these words,
then you need to read this book." --Lisa Genova, New York Times
bestselling author of Still Alice.
In On Pluto, Greg O'Brien has given us a priceless gift: an honest,
funny, heartbreaking, and powerfully poignant look into the world
of an Alzheimer's sufferer, written by a man who suffers from it
himself. Greg O'Brien is a brilliant observer and superb writer,
and he is at the top of his game in this book. It's as if he has
willingly dropped himself into a mental tornado so that he can tell
us what it looks like from inside. You have never read a book quite
like it, and probably never will again.” -- William Martin, New
York Times Bestselling author of Cape Cod, Back Bay, and The
Lincoln Letter
“Greg O’Brien writes with the consummate knowledge of a guide and
the courage of a pioneer. In this important and transcendent book
he serves both roles as he folds back the veils of fear and
traverses the treacherous territory of early-onset Alzheimer’s. ON
Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer’s glows with honesty,
intelligence and compassion and, given the subject, is a
surprisingly spirit-renewing book.”--Anne D. LeClaire, author of
bestselling Listening Below The Noise, Leaving Eden, and The
Lavender Hour
“Never before have we been offered such a clear understanding of
how Alzheimer's disease effects day-to-day perceptions. Greg
O'Brien's first-hand account of his own disease process will force
us all to rethink the way we deliver care, and is a must addition
to the libraries of all professional and family
caregivers.”—Suzanne Faith, RN psych, Clinical Director, Hope
Dementia & Alzheimer's Services
“On Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer’s is destined to become a
vital resource that Alzheimer’s organizations and senior centers
across the country will turn to in assisting those with Alzheimer’s
and other forms of dementia. Greg O’Brien’s personal battle against
Alzheimer’s is an everyman’s fight; he is the quintessence of the
lead character in the epic New York Times bestselling Alzheimer’s
novel, Still Alice. O’Brien, through faith, humor and journalistic
grit, is able, like the master artist, to paint a compelling, naked
work picture of this progressive, chronic disease for which there
is no cure, and a sickness that will swamp a generation. This is
not a misery memoir; O’Brien bluntly offers the Baby Boomers and
generations to come a riveting guide in how to live with
Alzheimer’s, not accede to it.”—Alisa M. Galazzi, co-founder of
Dementia Care Academy, former Executive Director, Alzheimer’s
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