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The difficult choices a family must make when a child is diagnosed with a serious disease are explored in this 11th novel by Picoult who turns to genetic planning, the prospect of creating babies for health purposes and the ethical and moral fallout that results. Kate Fitzgerald has a rare form of leukemia. Her sister, Anna, was conceived to provide a donor match for increasingly invasive procedures who, at 13, hires a lawyer to sue her parents for the right to make her own decisions about how her body is used when a kidney transplant is planned. Meanwhile, Jesse, the neglected oldest child of the family, sets fires, which his firefighter father, Brian, inevitably puts out. Picoult uses multiple viewpoints to reveal each character's intentions and observations, but her transitions aren't as graceful as usual; a series of flashbacks are abrupt. Nor is Sara, the children's mother, as well developed and three-dimensional as previous Picoult protagonists. Her devotion to Kate is understandable, but her complete lack of sympathy for Anna's predicament until the trial does not ring true, nor can we buy that Sara would dust off her law degree and represent herself in such a complicated case. Picoult explores a complex subject with bravado and clarity, and comes up with a heart-wrenching, unexpected plot twist at the book's conclusion.
- Author: Picoult, Jodi
- ISBN: 9780743454537
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 423
- Publish Date: 02/15/2005
- Publisher: Washington Square Press
Portions copyright 2005 Muze Inc. All rights reserved.
- Author:
- Picoult, Jodi
- ISBN:
- 9780743454537
- Format:
- Paperback
- Pages:
- 423
- Publish Date:
- 02/15/2005
- Publisher:
- Washington Square Pr
Portions copyright 2005 Muze Inc. All rights reserved.
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