Took quiet lot of thinking and reevaluation before determining what exactly i felt about this book. Sorting out my thoughts after the emotional turmoil took longer than expected. More than a month to be exact. This is a fantastic read....
But the immediate post read moment was.. oh well teary! and dilemmatic. My thoughts were/ tweets actually:
. Thought i have grown immune to attachments to the silly book characters and won't be ever crying my heart's out over them.
. Can i die of heartbreak from crying? Its all wrong. This was not suppose to happen.
. No you can't do that, rile up all you emotions to the zenith, then throw u off the cliff. Its barbaric!!!
. Someone tell me i read the end wrong. Please.
I was stretched between what happened and what i thought should have happened. And after a lot of reasoning and reflection, my conclusion is either way i would have surrendered to my emotions. And this was definitely the best ending cause both lives a life in a certain way.
This story is about a thirteen year girl old Anna Fitzgerald, who is genetically conceived to match her sister Kate who suffers from Acute Promyelocytic leukemia. She is a savior sister who donates her cord blood at first to save Kate. With time she undergoes various physical pain from drawing blood to bone marrow extraction for her sister without complaining but the breaking point is reached when she is asked to donate her kidney and she seeks legal help with Mr. Campbell for medical emancipation.
Sara Fitzgerald (Anna's mother and a former attorney) and Brain Fitzgerald (Anna's father and a fire fighter) caught between the dilemma of saving their dying child or supporting their healthy one are torn between the improbable options. Epileptic Lawyer Campbell Alexander and court appointed guardian ad lit em Julia Romano help Anna in this process (They have a romantic yet painful past! Spoiler Alert: they get back together in the end ;) Meanwhile Jesse, Anna's elder brother who is neglected in the shadow of a dying and a savior child becomes a pyromaniac unlike his firefighter father to seek attention.
The trial continues, the emotions become erratic, Anna wins granting Campbell medical power of attorney and revealing the whole idea was that of Kate to save Anna from the pain because Kate was not going to survive cancer anyway. However things change... Jesse is forgiven... Kate survives.. and Anna.. well you need to read the book.....
Jodi Picoult's writing style is most captivating. She allows each character to speak their mind. Though initially the jumping between characters can create confusion and irritation; once you get a grip on it, the book is a "can't put down". Actually its the emotion of each character you deal with, that makes My sister's keeper a fabulous read. Picoult has done absolute justice to the thought process of a torn mother and father, to a child going against their parents will, to a pyromaniac teenager to an epileptic lawyer or the court appointed guardian ad lit em. You will be exposed to the soul of each character and you wont be able to support anyone strongly in particular. Everyone seems right in their own accord.
This book is an emotional hurricane which demands deep thinking and reflection.
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