Book Description

In her highly acclaimed novel My Sister's Keeper, bestselling author Jodi Picoult tells the provocative story of one family's struggle for survival at all costs.

Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her older sister, Kate, can fight the leukemia that has plagued her since childhood. The product of preimplantation genetic diagnosis, Anna was conceived as a bone marrow match for Kate - a life and a role she has never challenged...until now. Like most teenagers, Anna is beginning to question who she truly is. But unlike most teenagers, she has always been defined in terms of her sister. So, Anna makes a decision that for most would be unthinkable - a decision that will tear her family apart and possibly have fatal consequences for the sister she loves.

"[A] tense, high-concept piece of women's fiction in the tradition of Anna Quindlen and Rosellen Brown."

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　------- Entertainment Weekly

"Has the emotional tenacity to fuel tears and talk."

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　------- Daily News (New York)

"Full of insight, inspiration, and heartbreak...Picoult's handling of the central issue is flawless."

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　------- San Jose Mercury News

Book Dimension

length: (cm)17.2 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)10.6

朱迪·皮考特，美国当代著名畅销书作家，小说家。1992年出版第一部小说以来，十五部作品无一不持续畅销，甚至每有新作，必迅速登上《纽约时报》、《华盛顿邮报》、亚马逊网站等畅销书榜首位。作品涉及的尖锐话题．也迅速在全美国甚至全球引发激烈争议。

作家总能以超凡的敏锐捕捉新锐题材安乐死、器官移植、青少年自杀、克隆、干细胞……这些人类至今莫衷一是的话题，常常成为她书写的焦点，常常使她笔下的人物，既极具浓郁的伦理争议，又背负深重的悲凉宿命。难得的是，作家并非讨论“问题”，而以绵密细致的小说笔法编织精彩绝伦的感人情节，以深情灵动的语言和出人意料的转合，写尽人间至情。