by Jodi Picoult 4 stars
Setting: USA
448 pages
Published 2004
Ellie's Review
This book was really enjoyable - I liked all the characters and the subplots. I had expected an insanely deep book but was pleasantly surprised at how nice it was to read. Of course, the main plot was very deep but I didn't find it depressing. Unfortunately, Picoult used an insurance story in the beginning that I'd heard tons of time since I used to work in insurance - it's a cliche for me, and I didn't like that she used it. I definitely want to read some of her other books!
Book 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 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.
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