三民網路書店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.
暢銷書排行榜上的寵兒茱迪．皮考特又一衝擊人心的感動創作
甫一出版即盤據《紐約時報》暢銷書排行榜，轉瞬間狂銷數百萬本
目前已被譯為三十餘種語言，震撼無數人的心靈
史蒂芬．金讚賞的其中一位暢銷小說家
網路上讀者含淚熱烈討論
〈父母有權決定兒女的生與死嗎？〉
莎拉為了救罹患急性前骨髓性白血病的女兒凱特，利用醫學科技生下與凱特有完美基因配型的安娜。十三年來，安娜不斷地供應凱特血液、白血球、骨髓、幹細胞，現在輪到了她的腎臟。無法忍受再被當成藥糧的安娜決定反擊她的父母，控告父母奪走她的身體使用權。《紐約時報》暢銷作家皮考特以不同人物的口吻來接續故事的發展，探討一個極具爭議性的話題；對「愛」有深入的刻劃及詮釋，以細膩的筆法，精妙的細節，靈巧的掌握人與人之間脆弱敏感又錯綜複雜的關係。
本書中譯本《姊姊的守護者》將由台灣商務出版。
作者簡介
茱迪．皮考特 Jodi Picoult
1967年生於紐約長島。普林斯頓大學創意寫作學士，哈佛教育碩士。
1992年第一本小說Songs of the Humpback Whale甫出版便造成轟動，目前已出版十餘本備受好評的著作： Harvesting the Heart （1994）、Picture Perfect（1995）、 Mercy （1996）、 The Pact （1998）、 Keeping Faith（1999）、 Plain Truth（2000）、 Salem Falls（2001）、 Perfect Match（2002）、 Second Glance（2003）、Vanishing Acts（2005 ）、The Tenth Circle（2006）。
皮考特擅以小說處理極具道德爭議的題材，作品不乏探討安樂死及描述青少年自殺的內容；近幾年前更觸及聳人聽聞的「優生絕育法」。其在2003年獲得美國新英格蘭最佳小說獎，並榮登《紐約時報》暢銷作家之列。《華盛頓郵報》更將皮考特譽為大師級作家。目前皮考特和丈夫及三個子女住在新罕布夏州。網址：www.jodipicoult.com。
