My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult

My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult: My Sisters Keeper (288 words)
by Sparklei137 - written on 12.04.08 (Very useful, 53 readings)
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This is am amazing book I read a few years ago, it had me hooked from the begining and I have read it numberous times, it was this book that opened my eyes to Jodi Picoult as a writter and since reading "My Sisters Keeper" I have read all of her books. The writer tells the story through a number of characters and sometimes repeats the same event firstly with one character telling there version of events then in the next chapter switching to another character to tell the story from there perspective. The main plot in the story is about a family trying to save the life of there oldest daughter but "creating" a second child as a ...

Is It Sometimes Right To Just Give Up? (2098 words)
by Brown_eyes1984 - written on 17.03.06 (Very useful, 1415 readings)
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Jodi Picoult is the best selling author of eleven novels and her latest 'My Sisters Keeper' is deservedly shortlisted for the 'Richard and Judy Best Read Of The Year' award. *** The Plot *** What would you do if you had a child who was dying of leaukaemia and the only way to save them was to have another child that would be used as a doner? Would you have another baby to save the life of your existing child? Well that's exactly what Sara and Brian Fitzgerald did. Now thirteen years old, Anna Fitzgerald has been used as a doner for her sister Kate all her life and now she wonders what life might be like without the endless surgeries, ...

My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult: What would you do? (1057 words)
by kingfisher111 - written on 05.03.07 (Very useful, 369 readings)
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If you have not read this amazing book by Jodi Picoult then I thoroughly recommend it. But be prepared, it is not always easy reading, and will take you on a roller coaster of emotions by the time you reach the end! 'My Sister's Keeper' centres on a 13 year old girl called Anna. Anna would never have been born if it were not for the fact that her elder sister kate was diagnosed with leukemia. At the age of two she desperately needs a bone marrow transplant, but no one in the family is a match and it is extremely likely that a suitable donor will be found elsewhere. However, with the advances in medical science, it was possible for Kate's parents, Brian and ...