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Author:

Picoult, Jodi, 1966-

Title:

My sister's keeper : [kit] a novel / Jodi Picoult.

Format:

[kit]

Edition:

1st Washington Square Press trade pbk. ed.

Publisher:

Washington Square Press,

Copyright Date:

2005, c2004

Description:

15 books = 423 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Sisters--Fiction.
Teenage girls--Fiction.
Leukemia--Patients--Fiction.
Organ donors--Fiction.
Sick children--Fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
Book group discussion kits.
Book club box.
Domestic fiction.

Notes:

V.8 & V. 14 ARE MISSING FROM BOX. "WSP readers club." Includes a readers' club guide in the back of the book.

Summary:

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 is widely acclaimed for her keen insights into the hearts and minds of real people. Now she 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 enlist the aid of a lawyer and announces her intention to sue for control of her own body.ike 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? Should you follow your own heart, or let others lead you? Once again, in My Sister's Keeper, Jodi Picoult tackles a controversial real-life subject with grace, wisdom, and sensitivity.

ISBN:

9780743454537 (pbk.)
0743454537 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)159940347

Locations:

NJPD993 -- Clarion Public Library (Clarion)

7CPA413 -- Crystal Lake Public Library (Crystal Lake)

UEPA943 -- Duncombe Public Library (Duncombe)

NIPA553 -- Fenton Public Library (Fenton)

NNPA983 -- Fertile Public Library (Fertile)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

NOPA983 -- Grafton Public Library (Grafton)

NQPA983 -- Joice Public Library (Joice)

DUPB413 -- Kanawha Public Library (Kanawha)

DVPB413 -- Klemme Public Library (Klemme)

NBPB943 -- Lehigh Public Library (Lehigh)

MHPA463 -- Livermore Public Library (Livermore)

MJPA553 -- Lu Verne Public Library (Lu Verne)

NSPC983 -- Manly Public Library (Manly)

MDPA423 -- Steamboat Rock Public Library (Steamboat Rock)

MRPB553 -- Titonka Public Library (Titonka)

MSPA553 -- Wesley Public Library (Wesley)

MUPB553 -- Whittemore Public Library (Whittemore)

DWPA413 -- Woden Public Library (Woden)