Sean, on the other hand, does not want to pursue the case because he does not want his daughter to grow up with the knowledge that her parents would have ended her life before she was even born had they known that she would turn out to be like this. Charlotte has to choose between suing their obstetrician (who also happens to be her best friend) for not diagnosing Osteogenesis Imperfecta early on in Charlotte’s pregnancy which would have given her the option of an abortion, or is she to put her child before everything. So when an opportunity is presented to them that guarantees to financially secure Willow’s future, they are faced with a dilemma of whether to choose between someone who has been there for you through thick and thin, or your daughter who you promised to love unconditionally. Furthermore, suffering the brunt of neglect is Willow’s half-sister, Amelia, who feels that her needs have been largely overshadowed by Willow’s more imperative ones. She longs to be part of a normal family like her friend Emma Reece.Īfter overcoming a few hurdles, both Sean and Charlotte begin to question if their efforts to provide a happy life for Willow will ever be enough. Even a slight fall can result in multiple fractures that may require a half body cast.Īlthough Willow’s parents Charlotte and Sean are dedicated, loving parents, it is both physically and financially exhausting for them to put Willow’s needs before their own. Patients have to take extreme precaution in their everyday lives to avoid fractures.
For those of you who are not familiar with this term, it refers to a disease which results in excessively fragile bones making a patient extremely vulnerable to fractures from even the slightest amount of trauma. The main protagonist of the novel is 30-year-old Charlotte O’ Keefe, who is mother to a six-year-old Willow, diagnosed with a chronic condition called Osteogenesis Imperfecta. “To save your daughter you must tell the world you wish she’d never been born.”Īs I pondered over the conflicting statement, I walked over to the counter to pay for the book – I couldn’t wait to start reading. What intrigued me to pick up this book was the subtitle, which read, Similar to her previous work, her new narrative also focuses on an ethical medical dilemma. After ‘ My Sister’s Keeper’, which was adapted as an award winning motion picture, Picoult has given us another brilliant contemporary novel. While browsing through the fiction section of a local bookstore, I came across Jodi Picoult’s ‘ Handle with Care’.
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