A Syntactic Analysis of Imperative Sentences in Jodi Picoult’s My Sister’s Keeper
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My sister’s keeper jodi picoult my sister’s keeper jodi picoult 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, 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. A provocative novel that raises some important ethical issues, My Sister’s Keeper is the story of one family’s struggle for survival at all human costs and a stunning moral parable for all time. “Has the emotional tenacity to fuel tears and talk.” —Daily News (New York) “[A] tense, high-concept piece of women’s fiction in the tradition of Anna Quindlen and Rosellen Brown.” —Entertainment Weekly “Full of insight, inspiration, and heartbreak. . . . Picoult’s handling of the central issue is flawless.” —San Jose Mercury News Jodi Picoult is the author of nineteen novels, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers Sing You Home, House Rules, Handle with Care, Change of Heart, and Nineteen Minutes. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and three children. Visit her website at www.jodipicoult.com. Can a parent love too much? Or is too much never enough? about jodi picoult
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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, 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. A provocative novel that raises some important ethical issues, My Sister’s Keeper is the story of one family’s struggle for survival at all human costs and a stunning moral parable for all time.
“Has the emotional tenacity to fuel tears and talk.” —Daily News (New York)
“[A] tense, high-concept piece of women’s fiction in the tradition of Anna Quindlen and Rosellen Brown.” —Entertainment Weekly
“Full of insight, inspiration, and heartbreak. . . . Picoult’s handling of the central issue is flawless.” —San Jose Mercury News
Jodi Picoult is the author of nineteen novels, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers Sing You Home, House Rules, Handle with Care, Change of Heart, and Nineteen Minutes. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and three children. Visit her website at www.jodipicoult.com.
Can a parent love too much? Or is too much never enough?
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