My Sister's Keeper

By: Jodi Picoult
Genre: Contemporary fiction

This book deals with many interesting moral family issues. Kate has been diagnosed with a rare form of lukemia. Her parents make the questionable decision of having a "designer baby" whose blood from the umbilical cord would be used to help Kate into remission. Unfortunately, this plan only works for a few years and by age 13, Anna has undergone many invasive treatments to keep Kate alive. Both Anna and her older brother, Jesse feel resentment towards her parents for always looking out for Kate.

Now, Kate needs one of Anna's kidneys...Anna's response is to sue her parents for medical emancipation. She hires her own legal counsel we follow her through the thick and thin of a legal battle. Her mother, Sara, happens to have been a lawyer before becoming a full time Mom and perennial worry-wart.

Each chapter of the book is written in the perspective of a different main character. This is one of the first family dramas that I have read. Interesting questions about identity, legal matters concering medical treatments and moral issues with suicide. There was also an interesting side plot between Anna's legal guardian and her hired counsel. A captivating page turner!