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My Sister's Keeper

by Jodi Picoult

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My Sister's Keeper

'A major decision about me is being made, and no one's bothered to ask the one person who most deserves it to speak her opinion.' The only reason Anna was born was to donate her cord blood cells to her older sister. And though Anna is not sick, she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her sister, Kate, can somehow fight the leukaemia that has plagued her since she was a child. Anna was born for this purpose, her parents tell her, which is why they love her even more. But now that she has reached an age of physical awareness, she can't help but long for control over her own body and respite from the constant flow of her own blood seeping into her sister's veins. And so she makes a decision that for most would be too difficult to bear, at any time and at any age. She decides to sue her parents for the rights to her own body.

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wonderful

This is the best Jodi Picoult book that I have read. A real page turner from the very start. You really get a feel for both sisters and are torn between the two.

Review by Lia Rourke on 22:14, 08 Feb 2009

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My Sister's Keeper

How far would you go to save someone you love? What happens if enough is enough? "My Sister's Keeper" follows the heart-wrenching story of the Fitzgerald family and their struggle in trying to answer some of life's most difficult questions. Kate has leukemia and is in desperate need of a new kidney. Her only match is Anna, her younger sister whose entire existence is because of Kate:
"They chose little embryonic me, specifically, because I could save my sister Kate. "We loved you even more,"my mother made sure to say,"because we knew what exactly we were getting. It made me wonder, though, what would have happened if Kate been healthy."
Anna clearly loves her sister but has always been expected to do anything to save her sister-even if it means going against her own wishes, denying her own thoughts and fears. She has had enough and decides to sue her parents for the rights to her own body. How will the family survive?
This is an emotional, gripping read. Jodi Picoult has an immense talent of creating complex, diverse characters and putting them in seemingly everyday dilemmas. You will be glued to the pages, trying to discover if a solution, if any, is found...

Review by Adele Ward on 01:22, 27 Jul 2009

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