My Sister's Keeper

Jodi Picoult

Jul 2009 · Allen & Unwin

About this eBook

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. 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 ask herself 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.

Told from multiple points of view, 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? Should you follow your own heart, or let others lead you?

Ratings and reviews

This book is thought provoking and amazing. While you don't see the ending coming (and if you have seen the movie you wont) it makes sense with the rest of the story. All up its a book about love a mothers love for her children and trying to do the best for all of them. And the love of a sister who only wants the best for her sister.

I love this book it makes me laugh and cry sometimes at the same time.

Not bad but the ending was quite weak

About the author

Jodi Picoult has written fifteen bestselling and widely acclaimed novels, including Nineteen Minutes, Perfect Match and The Pact, and her latest book, Change of Heart. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and three children.