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I have never reviewed or commented on a book to my journal before. I have, in very few circumstances, spent nine non-stop hours reading a book that makes me cry off and on all the way through. I suppose I love to read books with characters and stories which are identifiable, those which pull at heart strings, those which make my brain work and come alive, or those which take my imagination and mind to a different place or time. I just spent nine hours with a girl and her family and through their sometimes torturous decisions. This book, though fiction, deals very factually with the realities of leukemia, stem cell research, and "designer" babies (those babies which are genetically created before being implanted into the womb.)

Sound like something you want to do? My Sister's Keeper, by Jodi Picoult. Wow.

The brief synopsis of the book is this (from the back cover):

"Can a parent love too much? Or is too much never enough?

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. Like most teeneagers, 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 will tear her family apart and have perhaps fatal consequences for the sister she loves."

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2005-04-08 11:09 PM Crying...from reading a book Previous Entry :: Next Entry Mood: incredibly heartbroken Read/Post Comments (0)	I have never reviewed or commented on a book to my journal before. I have, in very few circumstances, spent nine non-stop hours reading a book that makes me cry off and on all the way through. I suppose I love to read books with characters and stories which are identifiable, those which pull at heart strings, those which make my brain work and come alive, or those which take my imagination and mind to a different place or time. I just spent nine hours with a girl and her family and through their sometimes torturous decisions. This book, though fiction, deals very factually with the realities of leukemia, stem cell research, and "designer" babies (those babies which are genetically created before being implanted into the womb.) Sound like something you want to do? My Sister's Keeper, by Jodi Picoult. Wow. The brief synopsis of the book is this (from the back cover): "Can a parent love too much? Or is too much never enough? 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. Like most teeneagers, 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 will tear her family apart and have perhaps fatal consequences for the sister she loves." Read/Post Comments (0) Previous Entry :: Next Entry Back to Top
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