Thursday’s Book

My friend gave me this book on my Birthday last year. For many reasons I was not in the mood to read a sad book last summer. The storyline of the book intrigued me and I had never read any thing written by the author Jodi Piccoult before, and I was happy with her writing style.

By the way I also refused to see the movie. Children with cancer is just a very sad scenario.

My sister put this book up for us to read on my sisters only book blog. When two people mention a book I feel like something in the universe is telling me I need to read it. So I read the back cover again got a box of Kleenexes ready, and decided to give it a go.

Anna older sister, Kate, suffers from leukemia. Anna was conceived in order to harvest blood from her umbilical cord to help save Kate's life; although the treatment was initially successful, Kate relapsed; from her birth on Anna - the only compatible family member, has been used as a donor.

Anna is usually willing to donate whatever Kate needs, but when she is thirteen, her sister needs a kidney – major surgery and not guaranteed to work, and the loss of a kidney could have a serious impact on Anna's life. Anna petitions for medical emancipation so that she will be able to make her own decisions regarding her medical treatment and the donation of her kidney.

This book brings up so many issues that I would need to write a very long blog to give due justice. So I guess you will just have to read the book and see what emotional battles it brings up for you.

I will say I did not like the ending, way too unbelievable after the author seemed to take extra care to make the rest of the book believable. I do believe the brother deserved to go to jail. No matter why he did it no one should get away with arson.

Cancer is devastating for everyone involved, and I wonder what ends I would go to to save my child. Life is fragile we better savor it, and our precious time with our families.

PS. Maybe I should she the movie now.