My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

At the age of 13 Anna has been in and out of hospital a lot, but she is not sick. Anna was conceived to be a perfect genetic match for older sister, Kate. Her life has been a series of surgeries and transfusions to help Kate fight leukemia. Kate now needs a kidney transplant to survive and Anna has finally had enough.

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She has never questioned her role in the family, but Anna now begins to question who she is, independent of her sister and family. She makes a decision that tears her family – and herself – in two.

This book examines family life and the role each member plays. It makes you question what good parenting is. And it raises some very pertinent questions about medical ethics. It's a great read for anyone who's every wondered what the Human Genome Project really means.

(Review by Leandra Engelbrecht)

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