By Jodi Picoult.
(This is something you must read if you want to understand the profound
meanings that lie beneath people’s decisions. This is a read where you
think you know the answer and you think you know who’s the bad guy, but
in the end, you’re just proved wrong. Again and again.)
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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 questioned… 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?