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Plot. Young Kate Fitzgerald is diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia, devastating her parents, firefighter Brian and lawyer Sara. As neither parent nor Kate's older brother Jesse are a genetic match, Brian and Sara conceive a savior sister, Anna, through in vitro fertilization.
Kate, her sister, is in the end stages of kidney failure, and Anna wants to file the lawsuit so she will not have to donate a kidney to Kate. Campbell, who has a service dog but gives a sarcastic explanation whenever someone asks why, agrees to represent Anna for free.
- Jodi Picoult
- 2004
In Los Angeles, the eleven year old Anna Fitzgerald seeks the successful lawyer Campbell Alexander trying to hire him to earn medical emancipation from her mother Sara that wants Anna to donate her kidney to her sister.
Her 16-year-old sister Kate has battled acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) since the age of two. Shortly after Kate’s diagnosis, Anna’s parents Sara and Brian decided to conceive a child via in vitro fertilization who could serve as a donor for Kate.
Anna Fitzgerald's older sister, Kate, suffers from acute promyelocytic leukemia, a blood and bone marrow cancer. Anna was born as a savior sister specifically so she could save Kate's life through the donation of her umbilical cord blood.
- Jodi Picoult
- 2004
My Sister’s Keeper is a 2004 novel by bestselling author Jodi Picoult centered on the controversy of savior siblings. In the novel, Anna Fitzgerald fights for medical emancipation in order to have a choice in whether or not she will donate a kidney to her sister, Kate, who has leukemia.
My Sister's Keeper (Jodi Picoult, 2003) examines what it means to be a good parent, a good sister, and a good person. Is it morally correct to do whatever it takes to save a child's life?
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