First thank you Gallery Books and Netgalley for providing me with an e-arc of the book in exchange for an honest review. 

I don't feel like it is hard to speak honestly about a book like "Inside the O'Briens" as that is exactly how the author approaches the audience in this novel.

The story is about a Irish Catholic family in Boston with a police man father and a close knit family.

Joe O' Brien has lived his whole life in Boston, loves the Sox, protecting his city, and his family. He is a simple man who is just biding the time until he can retire and spend more time with his family and eventually have free time to spend with his future grandchildren.

Like most parents he worries about his kids and what they are doing with their lives and if he spends enough time with them and his wife. He starts to experience changes in behavior like increased anger and twitching as well as decreased motor skills. People start to take notice and actually accuse him of abusing alcohol or drugs.

Once they find out it is Huntington's Disease the story progresses through what it is like to live with this disease with no cure and little public education as well as for his children who have a 50/50 chance of also carrying this gene.

This book is not only heartbreaking but it is also informative. I am one of the people who knew very little about the disease and I believe the author seamlessly weaves a story of human struggle and existence with a educational piece on a disease not frequently discussed.

It was emotional ride and I feel like I know more about what other people go through just from reading it. I have never read "Still Alice" by the same author or seen the movie but I don't know that if it is anything like this story than I can't wait to pick it up.

If you are interested in learning more about a disease and getting completely sucked in to the story of a strong family and their bond than this is definitely the book for you.