My Sister's Keeper
Jodi Picoult
popular fiction
pg. 73-106

The book is back to Campbell's point of view and he questions himself about the relationships between children and their parents. However, he returns to his office to find Anna waiting for him and while he meets with her, Sara calls to talk to him. But he soon leaves to meet Sara at the courthouse with Judge DeSalvo. He determines that nothing can be decided until he speaks with Anna. The book goes back to Anna's view as she talks with Judge DeSalvo. Anna tells him she can't donate her kidney to Kate and being a donor has never been her choice. He appoints her a temporary guardian to help with her decisions until the trial. Anna returns home with Sara and Sara becomes furious, thinking that by refusing to donate, Anna is basically signing Kate's death away. This causes Anna to runaway to a laundry mat where she feels the safest. The book turns to Jesse's view as he contemplates his worthlessness towards his family. He ends up meeting this homeless man though who will watch over his stolen items in return for food. But then, Jesse ends up setting fire to a warehouse before going home to discover Kate vomitting blood. He drives her to the hospital where they discover she is in the end stages of kidney failure. He offers his own kidney but it's not a match. Sara mentions something about telling Anna. It's back to Sara's view, and she goes back to 1990-1991, when she was pregnant with Anna and how she knew everything about her since she was designed to help save Kate's life. Sara went into labor on New Year's Eve while Kate began chemotherapy which made her violently ill, causing the doctors to use the blood from Anna's umbilical cord to save her life.

So I'm torn on this book. I can see how Anna is against her parents using her body without her approval, but then again, I don't know why Anna won't help out her sister if it won't harm herself. It's confusing to me. I see both sides of the situation.