i just finished reading "my sister's keeper" by jodi picoult. it was the book chosen for our book club last month (yes, i realize i'm a slacker and i should have finished it a month ago!!). i really liked it actually and would recommend it to anyone interested in reading....
here is the synopsis from the back of the book: "anna is not sick, but she might as well be. by age thriteen, 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 rold that she has never challenged ... until now. like most teenagers, anna is beginning to question who she truly is. but unlike more 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 moral parable for all time"
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it does say the f-word more times that i would have wished, and there is a lesbian character, and i HATED how the book ended (although, now that i think about it, i cannot think any other ending would have been better). having said all that, i would read it again, and i thoroughly enjoyed it (c'mon i read it all in 2 days!!)
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those are some pretty serious concerns for a book that you enjoyed!
glad you liked it...or should I say, "inhaled" it
i think you just wanted to read it (not because of your book club), because the author's name is jodi - and even spelled correctly!
comic tidbit: jodi picoult did the writing for a run of Wonder Woman which was awesome. i've never read one of her novels, but i highly recommend the WW run.
I read this book a little while ago and I liked it a lot too. I wish that books like this didn't contain as much bad language as they often do. I think this is a big reason why I prefer to read children's and young adult literature, they tend to keep it a lot cleaner. But I really liked the story in this book. The end was really sad but like you I can't think of how she could have ended it better.
Oo sounds like another one I'm gonna have to read! And I am actually surprised they let you guys read it for your book club! In our ward, we can only choose books sold at Deseret Book! Thanks for the recommendation!
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