Title: My Sister’s Keeper

Author: Jodi Picoult  

Genre: Contemporary

Publisher: Washington Square Press

Format: Paperback

Pages: 423

Rating: 5/5 stars

Synopsis:

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.

A provocative novel that raises some important ethical issues, My Sister’s Keeper is the story of one family’s struggle for survival at all human costs and a stunning parable for all time.

Review:

This book tugged at all the heart strings! I was completely hooked through the whole book and I couldn’t put it down! The book is about a thirteen year old girl, Anna, who is filing for medical emancipation from her parents. She is a donor baby, created to donate to her sister, Kate, who has leukaemia. You are torn through the whole book as to why she has decided to stop donating now, when it’s something she’s been doing her whole life. I’ve read some reviews from others who say they don’t like the parents in this book. But I think you have to remember that you don’t know what you would do unless you were in this situation! You would do anything to save your child from death! My heart goes out to the parents in this book because they are so blinded by saving their daughter, that they cannot see the harm they are doing to their other children. Their son, Jesse, is breaking the law to get attention, and Anna comes across as not wanting to donate a kidney for her sister, Kate. But you cannot put all the blame on the parents because they are doing the best they can in a situation that I believe everyone would handle differently, and no one would handle perfectly.

The ending of this book is different from the movie, so therefore it shocked me. I’m not going to spoil anything, but message me if you wanna talk about that ending!!! I don’t know if I should be mad about it, or look at it as a beautiful ending. Still on the fence, though gave the book 5 stars because of all the feels.