My Sister's Keeper

a novel

Paperback, 423 pages

English language

Published July 30, 2005 by Washington Square Press.

ISBN:
978-0-7434-5453-7
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OCLC Number:
57535567

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Conceived to provide a bone marrow match for her leukemia-stricken sister, teenage Kate begins to question her moral obligations in light of countless medical procedures and decides to fight for the right to make decisions about her own body. New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult tells the emotionally riveting story of a family torn apart by conflicting needs and a passionate love that triumphs over human weakness. 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. When their parents ask her to donate a kidney, Anna has had enough. She …

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Subjects

  • Sick children
  • Teenage girls
  • Organ donors
  • Leukemia
  • Fiction
  • Patients
  • Sisters
  • Mothers and daughters