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I've always been a fan of Jodi Picoult's ability to take a current event or moral question and handle it with such finesse. She doesn't disappoint with My Sister's Keeper, the story of a young girl named Anna who was created - literally - to be a perfect genetic match for her sister, who is battling one bout of cancer after another. After suffering through many procedures right by her sister's side, Anna finally and inexplicably puts her foot down and refuses to give her sister a life-saving kidney transplant. The legal questions abound: Does Anna have the right to refuse? The moral questions are even worse: Does Anna have the right to make her own decision, even if it means tearing her family apart? The outcome of the legal and moral situation isn't nearly as shocking as the final pages of the book, where Picoult takes a turn I never saw coming.
As a mother, this book pulled me in many different directions. As a sister, it made me question that I would do if, God forbid, I was ever asked to give as much as Anna had. When I reached the end of the book, I had a good cry. This is book worth reading.
As a mother, this book pulled me in many different directions. As a sister, it made me question that I would do if, God forbid, I was ever asked to give as much as Anna had. When I reached the end of the book, I had a good cry. This is book worth reading.
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