![]() ![]() Henkin himself grew up in Morningside Heights his father, the professor and human rights law scholar Louis Henkin, provided the emotional impetus for the novel he died at 92 after his own battle with Alzheimer’s. The novel, then, hinges on the question: What happens when the person you married becomes a different person? In his 50s, Spence starts becoming forgetful, and is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s. ![]() ![]() Pru is Spence’s grad student, but they fall in love, marry, and have a daughter. The plot centers on Pru, who grows up Orthodox and meets Spence, a largely secular Jewish professor - he’s a young superstar Shakespeare scholar, teaching at Columbia. Joshua Henkin’s fourth novel, “Morningside Heights,” is the story of many things: a marriage, a changing neighborhood in New York City, an incurable illness, and love and families. ![]()
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