Fiction by Jodi Picoult
I remember reading this book at the McDonald's in Alabama where I used to go with my older kids when they were little. So we're looking at maybe 2003. The story was really striking, and I haven't forgotten the questions it brought up in my mind.
If your daughter were dying and needed bone marrow, would you have another child in order to provide a genetic match for her? At first I thought, what a terrible idea! But then I realized that if my child were actually in peril, I would do whatever it took to save her. Plus, a sibling is a good thing, right? In this story we see what might happen....
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