الواثقة بالله
27-09-2008, 11:40 PM
If you use one of your children to save the life of another, are you being a good mother or a very bad one? f
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My Sister’s Keeper (2004), by Jodi Picoult
Plot summary
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 questioned… 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. 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? Is it worth trying to discover who you really are, if that quest makes you like yourself less? k
Characters
Andromeda "Anna" Fitzgerald was genetically engineered and conceived by IVF. She was born to provide a genetic match for her sister. She files a lawsuit against her parents for medical emancipation. She plays hockey but was not able to focus on it due to her commitment to Kate.
Katherine "Kate" Fitzgerald is the sister that has leukemia. She and Anna are each other's best friends. She doesn't like all the attention being in the hospital constantly; she just wants to have a normal life. She enjoys watching soap dramas and had only one romantic relationship with a fellow leukemia sufferer who later dies. She loves ballet and in the epilogue has a job as a dancing teacher.
Jesse Fitzgerald is Anna and Kate's older brother. Throughout the book we see him as a troubled pyromaniac child who starts a series of fires, takes drugs and steals cars. He identifies with Anna because they both feel neglected by their parents in favor of Kate. In the epilogue, he appears to have become a reformed character after joining the police.
Sara Fitzgerald is the mother of Anna, Kate and Jesse. She loves all three of her children, but often finds herself focusing on Kate and her illness rather than Anna and Jesse. She is a former lawyer and when Anna starts the lawsuit she decides to represent herself.
Brian Fitzgerald is the father of Anna, Kate and Jesse. Brian is a firefighter and has a love for astronomy. He named Anna after the Andromeda Galaxy.
*Campbell Alexander, Anna's lawyer. He has a service dog named Judge, but hides the dog's purpose until near the end of the book.
Julia Romano is Anna's guardian ad litem for the trial. She is also the ex-girlfriend of Campbell Alexander and there is a subplot concerning their relationship. Towards the end of the book, Campbell and Julia resume their relationship and in the epilogue, it is revealed that the two are wed.
http://www.jodipicoult.com.au/images/9781741145052.jpg
My Sister’s Keeper (2004), by Jodi Picoult
Plot summary
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 questioned… 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. 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? Is it worth trying to discover who you really are, if that quest makes you like yourself less? k
Characters
Andromeda "Anna" Fitzgerald was genetically engineered and conceived by IVF. She was born to provide a genetic match for her sister. She files a lawsuit against her parents for medical emancipation. She plays hockey but was not able to focus on it due to her commitment to Kate.
Katherine "Kate" Fitzgerald is the sister that has leukemia. She and Anna are each other's best friends. She doesn't like all the attention being in the hospital constantly; she just wants to have a normal life. She enjoys watching soap dramas and had only one romantic relationship with a fellow leukemia sufferer who later dies. She loves ballet and in the epilogue has a job as a dancing teacher.
Jesse Fitzgerald is Anna and Kate's older brother. Throughout the book we see him as a troubled pyromaniac child who starts a series of fires, takes drugs and steals cars. He identifies with Anna because they both feel neglected by their parents in favor of Kate. In the epilogue, he appears to have become a reformed character after joining the police.
Sara Fitzgerald is the mother of Anna, Kate and Jesse. She loves all three of her children, but often finds herself focusing on Kate and her illness rather than Anna and Jesse. She is a former lawyer and when Anna starts the lawsuit she decides to represent herself.
Brian Fitzgerald is the father of Anna, Kate and Jesse. Brian is a firefighter and has a love for astronomy. He named Anna after the Andromeda Galaxy.
*Campbell Alexander, Anna's lawyer. He has a service dog named Judge, but hides the dog's purpose until near the end of the book.
Julia Romano is Anna's guardian ad litem for the trial. She is also the ex-girlfriend of Campbell Alexander and there is a subplot concerning their relationship. Towards the end of the book, Campbell and Julia resume their relationship and in the epilogue, it is revealed that the two are wed.