My Sister's Keeper
by Jodi Picoult
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Author: Jodi PicoultEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-05-19
ISBN: 1439157383
Number of pages: 448
Publisher: Washington Square Press
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Book Review: Another timely addition to Picoult's impressive library of contemporary fiction
Summary: 5 Stars
My Sister's Keeper, by Jodi Picoult, is a heart-rending family saga. The story revolves around a moral dilemma: is it ethical to conceive one child for the sole purpose of saving another? Gravely ill, Kate was a toddler when she was diagnosed with a progressive form of leukemia. In a last ditch effort to save their beloved child, Sara and Brian Fitzgerald conceive a biologically engineered daughter for her umbilical cord, tissues, blood, and ultimately an organ. Anna literally becomes her sister's keeper for as long as she's alive. When it comes to donating her kidney to her dying sister, Anna seeks legal representation for the freedom to make her own medical decisions. Anna's courage holds the family together while at the same time tearing them apart.
Best-selling author Picoult formulates entire stories based on current issues and successfully weaves tales that explore both sides of an argument. Society now has the ability to tamper with genetics, to experiment on human subjects in the name of science and medicine, but does that mean it is permissible, ethical, and in humanity's best interests? My Sister's Keeper serves to clarify as much as confuse because there aren't clear-cut right or wrong answers when love and emotion collide with rational judgment. It comes down to what role love plays in making tough decisions. Who has the final say over a minor's destiny? Should an adolescent be granted permission to make a potentially life and death decision, or should her parents be ultimately responsible?
Picoult presents worst-case scenarios of both the patient, Kate, and the donor, Anna. She uses crisp and witty dialogue to reveal the path each girl has chosen and gives readers insight from a teen's perspective, complete with all the sibling rivalry and closeness two sisters can share. From the opening pages, the author grips the reader's heart and doesn't let go. We see the mental and emotional anguish inside the adults who play key roles in these two children's lives. Picoult provides multiple first-person points of view, which give glimpses into the entire family's well-being and affirms the intense love of parent for child and sibling for sibling. She deftly reveals the impact that lawyers, doctors, judges, other family members, and friends have on the entire family unit.
Read My Sister's Keeper and discover the many, many ways in which Picoult illuminates everyday experiences and, by her craft as an author, lifts them from the mundane to the extraordinary. While one's heart aches, one's spirit is enriched from living life through another's eyes. Picoult is a master at giving us such glimpses.
by Cheri Rosenberg
for Story Circle Book Reviews
reviewing books by, for, and about women
Summary of My Sister's Keeper
New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult is widely acclaimed for her keen insights into the hearts and minds of real people. Now she tells the emotionally riveting story of a family torn apart by conflicting needs and a passionate love that triumphs over human weakness.Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her older sister, Kate, can somehow fight the leukemia that has plagued her since childhood. The product of preimplantation genetic diagnosis, Anna was conceived as a bone marrow match for Kate -- a life and a role that she has never challenged...until now. Like most teenagers, Anna is beginning to question who she truly is. But unlike most teenagers, she has always been defined in terms of her sister -- and so Anna makes a decision that for most would be unthinkable, a decision that will tear her family apart and have perhaps fatal consequences for the sister she loves.
My Sister's Keeper examines what it means to be a good parent, a good sister, a good person. Is it morally correct to do whatever it takes to save a child's life, even if that means infringing upon the rights of another? Is it worth trying to discover who you really are, if that quest makes you like yourself less? Should you follow your own heart, or let others lead you? Once again, in My Sister's Keeper, Jodi Picoult tackles a controversial real-life subject with grace, wisdom, and sensitivity.
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