My sisters keeper by Jodi Picoult

Recently I have been reading the book "My sisters keeper" by Jodi Picoult. This book has a lot of interesting ideas that really make you think. Basically the overall plot is that Kate has a terrible form of leukemia and her parents had another baby basically so that child could give Kate all the blood and transplants she needed. Her parents made this kid a perfect match with the right genes to make sure that when she was born she would be a perfect match for Kate. Anna is that kid and all her life everything has been about the things Kate needs. It's extremely hard for her to have a sister who's always sick. Neither sister has really ever got to live a normal life. When Anna decides to file a law suit against her parents for the right to her own body things in her family get even more tense and crazy then they already were.

I can totally see why Anna would want to have the rights to her own body. Imagine living a life where you were constantly hooked up to machines or giving blood or transplants. It's a really tricky situation because all her life her parents have just been like you have to go to the hospital now Kate is having another episode. There was never any discussion she just had to. It would feel kind of awful to know that one of the only reasons you were alive was because of your sister. Anna does deserve the right to her own body especially since she's 13 years old. She can't go on her whole life being there at the drop of a pin just when her sister needs her. Anna needs to speak her mind and let her parents know how she feels.

On the other hand I can see why she might not want to do this. What does it mean for Kate? Without Anna there isn't much hope of Kate surviving. The problem is that they are still sisters and Anna doesn't know how to live without Kate so if she does this what does this mean for the future? Just like Kate needs Anna, Anna needs Kate. They are still sisters despite the bad situation they are in. Even though Kate is very sick they still fight and talk about cute boys and do sisterly things. I'm wondering what will happen. How would this affect their relationship.

Finally I think that Anna's mom is totally in denial about the whole trial thing. She seems to think that Anna will drop everything and tell her lawyer she doesn't want to do this anymore. Like if I were the mother I wouldn't know what to do at all. It just seems so hard. I think she needs to stop telling Anna what to do. The whole point of this is that Anna wants possession over her own body. Her mom needs to sit her down and actually talk about this instead of trying to sway Anna's decisions and forcing her to do things that she shouldn't have to.

I really want to find out what's going to happen in this book. I wonder if Anna will decide to go through with this and if she does how it will affect her relationship with Kate and her parents .