My Sister's Keeper - 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 role that she has never challenged... 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 will tear her family apart and have perhaps fatal consequences for the sister she loves. A proactive novel that raises some important ethical issues, My Sister's Keeper is the story of one family's struggle for survival at all human costs and a stunning moral parable for all time.




Jodi Picoult's My Sister's Keeper is very well praised:
"This beautifully crafted novel will grab readers with its stunning topic." --People

"It's difficult to find a book combining a timely moral dilemma with well-drawn characters for whom on cares. Picoult has written such a book." --The Boston Herald