My Sister's Keeper
by Jodi Picoult
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Author: Jodi PicoultEdition: Paperback
Published: 2005
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 512
Publisher: Washington Square
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Book Review: Exploring the Effects of a Seriously Ill Child on a Family
Summary: 5 Stars
Jodi Picoult has given us a sad but powerful book on the effects a seriously ill child can have on an otherwise normal family. At the age of two Kate was diagnosed with a form of leukemia and from that day her family's life was changed forever. Her parents became obsessed with her condition and it is hard to blame them up to a point. But Picoult cleverly gives each character a voice. In alternating chapters we hear from all the major players and our sympathies sometimes change, sometimes waver.
There are the parents, Sara and Brian. Sara is probably the easiest to dislike as she focuses entirely on Kate, completely ignoring Jesse, the older son. There is a bone-chilling and emotionally traumatic scene where this angry young boy cuts off his own braces because his mother was too focused on Kate to take him to the orthodontist. Brian is guilty of the same as well, but he does redeem himself somewhat when he rescues Jesse from his horrific new "hobby" and apparently does guide him in the right direction. Anna is the younger sister, the designer baby, genetically engineered to provide body parts to Kate. It is Anna's quest to get medical emancipation from her parents, to have the right to decide what happens to her body that is the heart of this story.
We watch a family, all its members, dealing with intense grief. We can feel Sara's pain as she struggles to have both her daughters survive and thrive. Although it's hard to understand how she gave up on Jesse, the reader sees that her losing sight of her family will cause her eternal grief in the end.
Other characters such as Campbell Alexander, Anna's lawyer, and his now-estranged college girlfriend, Julia, all add interesting sidelights to this moving story. And in the end, it is Kate, the desperately sick child, who gives us the key to understanding what this family was all about.
Not an easy book to read, but well worth the pain and the sorrow as the final pages rush headlong into a shocking and unforgettable ending.
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