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 My Sister's Keeper Nov 18, 2009
When Kate Fitzgerald is diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, the best hope for her survival is a sibling donor. When her brother Jesse is not a match, her parents decide to see a geneticist to "engineer" a sibling that WILL be a match. Within moments of her birth, Anna Fitzgerald is responsible for saving her sister's life. Through the years, whenever Kate is sick, Anna must undergo procedure after procedure. When Anna is thirteen, he sister's kidneys are failing. After years of being forced to undergo medical procedures with no benefit to herself, Anna seeks medical emancipation from her parents.
This is a very controversial and emotional subject. But, Picoult handles it masterfully. Each chapter changes points of view so that we see how this illness affects everyone involved. The characters are all very authentic characters faced with complicated questions that don't really have a right or wrong answer. While I cried more than once while reading, she also brings humor to the way the characters deal with the tragedy.
I put off reading this book because I expected it to be depressing. It was very sad, and the ending was not what I expected. But, it was well worth reading.
Another Unbelievable book by Jodi Picoult! Nov 15, 2009
I absolutely loved this book. I could not imagine having to watch my child die, or having to put my other child through pain to save another. Picoult gave a realistice picture of a family going through probably the worse crisis a family can go through. It was an eye opener for me as to what families with terminally ill children live through.
Unlike the movie Nov 15, 2009
If you seen the movie, I say read the book. it's the same but not as much as you think it is.
I knew of this book for a while now, but i didn't know what's it was all about, but of course, I ended up letting it piled up in my TBRs for the longest time. Until the movie came....
I have a soft spot in anything that's being regard as a "spare part child". It has become an itch, or a peeve if you may, an issue this book has managed to portray.
I found myself trying to read it through whenever I could. This book comprised of first hand experience from all of the characters involved. The book centered on Anna, the specially engineered child by their parents, to be the sole donor for her older sister Kate, who is suffering from a rare kind of Leukemia. One day, she just suddenly said she had enough and decided to court to apply for Medical emancipation from her parents.
Personally this book is an emotional read for me. I got so absorbed in it, and I found myself feeling sorry for Anna through out the book. Regardless screaming somebody die already because i wanted to finish the book asap too lol.
Tears and more tears Nov 11, 2009
WOW is about all there is to say about this Picoult novel. I could not put it down. I've never cried so much. Quite heart wrenching and descriptive. Super, Super read. A Favorite. A must read novel I promise.
An amazing book, definitely recommend Nov 04, 2009
As a 17-year-old female, I can say that this book was just amazing. I think that most of it dealt with the unusual premise of the story. The ending made me cry, but I can understand why it was written that way. Beautifully written, would definitely recommend to women of all ages.
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