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(3.98) | 1 / 382 | 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. 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? 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.… (més) |
▾Recomanacions de LibraryThing  ▾Recomanacions dels membres  4 0AllieAldy: Another phenomenal book by Jodi Picoult, draws you in and is as suspenseful as My Sister's Keeper. 31 The Adoration of Jenna Fox de Mary E. Pearson (_Zoe_)21 Change of Heart de Jodi Picoult (kiwiflowa)21 While My Sister Sleeps de Barbara Delinsky (dara85)dara85: Both books are about sisters and their love/hate relationships. One sister is faced with a life threating situation. 10 The Spare Room de Helen Garner (lucyknows)lucyknows: My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult may be paired with The Spare Room by Helen Garner. 00 Five Flavors of Dumb de Antony John (kaledrina)00 The Dive from Clausen's Pier de Ann Packer (BookshelfMonstrosity)BookshelfMonstrosity: Like My Sister's Keeper, The Dive from Clausen's Pier is a provocative novel that asks a difficult, complex question -- what responsibility do we have to ourselves and to those we love? 00 The Unit de Ninni Holmqvist (BookshelfMonstrosity)BookshelfMonstrosity: These two novels share similar subject matter (the use of individuals expressly for the donation of organs). However, The Unit is set in a dystopian near-future while My Sister's Keeper is strictly contemporary. 11 Midwives de Chris Bohjalian (CasualFriday)00 The Things That Keep Us Here de Carla Buckley (_Zoe_)00 Pieces of My Sister's Life de Elizabeth Joy Arnold (SaraAllison)22 Jacob Have I Loved de Katherine Paterson (corneggs)00 72 Hour Hold de Bebe Moore Campbell (howelson)howelson: Bebe Moore Campbell explores another medical issue affecting family, bipolar disorder. 22 The Client de John Grisham (ShannonMDE)ShannonMDE: I think My Sister's Keeper had the feel of early John Grisham back when he wrote about people instead of corporations. 12 How Do You Say Goodbye de Pam Logan (MichelleRuda)MichelleRuda: Another one of those books that sucks you in and makes you cry. I love it! 02 Perfect de Natasha Friend (BookLover07)BookLover07: The book, " Perfect" by Natasha Friend, is such an eye catching book about a 13 year old who is over-whelmed with her body, that she pressures herself to throw up, to make her look thinner. Just when you think that was shocking, read on what happens next (:… (més)
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Surging under ocean floor.
I shall never meet you, brother--
Not for years, anyhow;
Maybe thousands of years, brother.
Then I will warm you,
Hold you close, wrap you in circles,
Use you and change you--
Maybe thousands of years, brother.
---Carl Sandburg, "Kin" My candle burns at both ends. It will not last the night. But oh my foes and oh my friends! It makes a lovely light! --Edna St. Vincent Millay "First Fig" I will read ashes for you, if you ask me.
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And out of the red and black tongues and stripes,
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---Carl Sandburg, "Fire Pages" You, if you were sensible, When I tell you the stars flash signals, each one dreadful, You would not turn and answer me "The night is wonderful." --D.H. Lawrence, "Under the Oak" Doubt thou that the stars are fire; doubt thou that the sun doth move; doubt truth to be a liar; but never doubt that I love. --William Shakespeare, Hamlet There is no fire without some smoke. --John Heywood, Proverbs How great a matter a little fire kindleth! --The New Testament, James 3:5 A little fire is quickly trodden out; Which, being suffered, rivers can not quench. --William Shakespeare, King Henry VI Yet from those flames, no light, but rather darkness visible. --John Milton, Paradise Lost One fire burns out another's burning, One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish. --William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet When along the pavement,
Palpitating flames of life,
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The gap in the great constellation,
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Informació del coneixement compartit en anglès. Modifica-la per localitzar-la a la teva llengua. In my family, we seem to have a tortured history of not saying what we ought to and not meaning what we do. [My sister] and I are Siamese twins; you just can't see the spot where we're connected. Which makes separation that much more difficult. True love is felonious. You take someone's breath away. You rob them of the ability to utter a single word. You steal a heart. It's not a misdemeanor... once you're in, it's for life. (paraphrased) The human capacity for burden is like bamboo-- far more flexible than you'd ever believe at first glance. Summertime is a collective unconscious. We all remember the notes that made up the song of the ice cream man; we all know what it feels like to brand our thighs on a playground slide that's heated up like a knife ina fire; we all have lain on our backs with our eyes closed and our hearts beating across the surface of our lids, hoping that this day will stretch just a little longer than the last one, when in fact it's all going in the other direction. When you are a kid you have your own language, and unlike French or Spanish or whatever you start learning in fourth grade, this one you're born with, and eventually lose. Everyone under the age of seven is fluent in Ifspeak; go hang around with someone under three feet tall and you'll see. What if a giant funnelweb spider crawled out of that hole over your head and bit you on the neck? What if the only antidote for venom was locked up in a vault on the top of a mountain/ What if you lived through the bit, but could only move your eyelids and blink out an alphabet? It doesn't really matter how far you go; the point is that it's a world of possibility. Kdis think with their brains cracked wide open; becoming an adult, I've decided, is only a slow sewing shut. It's impossible to believe that the laundry I once folded for her was doll-sized; as if I can still see her dancing in lazy pirouettes along the lip of the sandbox. Wasn't it yesterday that her hand was only as big as the sand dollar she found on the beach? That same hand, the one that's holding a boy's; wasn't it just holding mine, tugging so that I might stop and see the spiderweb, the milkweed pod, any of a thousand moments she wanted me to freeze? Time is an optical illusion-- never quite as solid or strong as we think it is. | |
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▾Descripcions del llibre 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. 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? 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. ▾Descripcions provinents de biblioteques No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. ▾Descripció dels membres de LibraryThing |
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