| Por la vida de mi hermana (My Sister's Keeper) Contributor(s): Picoult, Jodi (Author) |
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ISBN: 1416576401 ISBN-13: 9781416576402 Publisher: Atria Books OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback Language: Spanish Published: March 2008 Annotation: "New York Times" bestselling author Jodi Picoult is widely acclaimed for her keen insights into the hearts and minds of real people. Now she tells the emotionally riveting story of a family torn apart by conflicting needs and a passionate love that triumphs over human weakness. 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 somehow 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 that 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 -- and so Anna makes a decision that for most would be unthinkable, a decision that will tear her family apart and have perhaps fatal consequences for the sister she loves. "" "My Sister's Keeper" examines what it means to be a good parent, a good sister, a good person. Is it morally correct to do whatever it takes to save a child's life, even if that means infringing upon the rights of another? Is it worth trying to discover who you really are, if that quest makes you like yourself less? Should you follow your own heart, or let others lead you? Once again, in "My Sister's Keeper," Jodi Picoult tackles a controversial real-life subject with grace, wisdom, and sensitivity.
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Family Life - General - Fiction | Women |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2007045044 |
| Series: Atria Espanol |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.3" W x 8.2" (0.80 lbs) 464 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Puede un padre o una madre amar demasiado? O es que acaso tanto amor nunca es suficiente? Anna Fitzgerald no est enferma, aunque pudiera parecerlo. Con apenas trece a os de edad ha soportado innumerables operaciones, inyecciones y transfusiones para que su hermana mayor Kate pueda de alguna manera sobrevivir a la leucemia que la aqueja desde su ni ez. Anna, al ser gen ticamente compatible con su hermana, fue la candidata id nea para ser la donante del transplante de m dula de Kate, asumiendo as un papel que nunca cuestionar a sino hasta ahora. Como la mayor a de los adolescentes, Anna est comenzando a plantearse qui n realmente es. Pero a diferencia de los dem s, ella siempre ha sido definida en funci n de Kate. Es ahora cuando Anna toma una decisi n que ante los ojos del mundo no es m s que impensable, una decisi n que desgarrar a su familia, atrayendo quiz fatales consecuencias para su hermana a la que tanto ama. Se trata de una provocadora novela que presenta una serie de planteamientos ticos importantes. Por la vida de mi hermana no es solamente la historia familiar de la lucha por sobrevivir sino una contempor nea par bola moral. |
Contributor Bio(s): Picoult, Jodi: - Jodi Picoult received an AB in creative writing from Princeton and a master's degree in education from Harvard. The recipient of the 2003 New England Book Award for her entire body of work, she is the author of twenty-six novels, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers House Rules, Handle With Care, Change of Heart, and My Sister's Keeper, for which she received the American Library Association's Margaret Alexander Edwards Award. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and three children. Visit her website at JodiPicoult.com. |