Tuesday, September 26, 2006
It's a keeper
This is the story of a girl who was born as the perfect donor match for her leukaemia-stricken sister. She wonders what life would be like if it weren't tied to her sister's. At 13, Anna makes the decision to sue her parents over the rights to her own body...
This is the book of the month. Heck. It’s the book of the year! After weeks of intense tear-jerking action, I finally finished it. And it would have been an ultimate insult to Jodi Picoult if I don't give her due credit for such a brilliant book. Simply incredible. Wow.
The plot is well crafted, complete with ethical & moral issues that some of us would never ever encounter in our lives. Yet at the same time, these characters are so real that you will find yourself asking the same questions that they asked, and getting stuck at the same dilemmas that they are in. This is one of those books that you'll want to read again and again. Highly recommended.
I leave you with some paragraphs from the book:
'Get lost,' I said.
'F*** off,' Kate smiled at me. Then she reached one free hand under my arm and tickled me, taking me by surprise so much that I let go of her. A minute later we had wrestled off the bed, each of us trying to get the other to cry uncle. 'Anna, stop already,' Kate gasped. 'You're killing me.'
Those words, they were all it took. My hands fell of her as if I'd been burned. We lay shoulder between our beds, staring up at the ceiling and breathing hard, both of us pretending that what she'd said had not cut quite so close to the bone...
P.S - Thanks Jac, Lyn, Aaron, Matt, Rachael!
