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Ursprungligen postat av Carobnjak
Lste precis ut Livläkarens besök av PO Enquist. Fan vilken grym bok. Rekomenderar den VARMT! Läste i någon tråd att Enquist var vår Dostojevskij och jag kan inte annat än instämma. Den har fan allt känns den som den boken. Läs!
Han är underbar!
Boken om Blanche och Marie är också otroligt fin.
Jag har efter många om och men äntligen börjat läsa
My sister's keeper av Jodi Picoult. Varför har jag inte gjort det förut? Den är fantastisk.
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Anna Fitzgerald's older sister, Kate, suffers from acute promyelocytic leukemia, a cancer of the blood and bone marrow. Anna was conceived in order to harvest blood from her umbilical cord in order to use in treatments to help save Kate's life; although the treatment was initially successful, Kate relapsed; ever since, Anna - the only compatible family member, since both her parents and her older brother Jesse are incompatible donors - has been used as a donor for any other bodily substance needed to treat Kate, who continues to swing between remission and relapse as she grows up.
Anna is usually willing to donate whatever Kate needs, but when she is thirteen, she is told that she will have to donate one of her kidneys. The surgery required for both Kate and Anna would be major; it is not guaranteed to work, as the stress of the operation may well kill Kate anyway; and the loss of a kidney could have a serious impact on Anna's life. Anna petitions for medical emancipation with the help of lawyer Campbell Alexander, so that she will be able to make her own decisions regarding her medical treatment and the donation of her kidney.
En smart bok om etiskt dilemma som intresserar mig lite extra på grund av min mors sjukdom (mycket lik den Kate i boken har) och en mycket svårt sjuk liten släkting som avled förra sommaren.