DPL - My Sister's Keeper

My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult (Fiction Pic) is a novel about a minor child who sues her parents for the right to make her own decisions about how her body will be used when a kidney transplant is planned to prolong her older sister’s life.

Stories of medical ethics, family struggles, and sibling relationships.

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	The art of mending : a novel Berg, Elizabeth. A seemingly perfect trio of siblings must come to terms with unpalatable truths about their mother’s treatment of one of her daughters. Subjects Brothers and sisters -- Fiction. Repression (Psychology) -- Fiction. Mother and child -- Fiction. Family reunions -- Fiction. Forgiveness -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	Before you know kindness : a novel Bohjalian, Christopher A. For ten summers, the extended Seton family met at their country home in New Hampshire, but during the eleventh summer everything changed. Subjects Animal rights activists -- Fiction. Parent and child -- Fiction. Hunters -- Fiction. Gunshot wounds -- Patients -- Fiction. Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction. Vermont -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	The spare room : a novel Garner, Helen, 1942- When Helen offers her spare room to an old friend undergoing treatment for cancer, she finds herself at odds with her friend’s faith in alternative medicine. Subjects Cancer -- Patients -- Fiction. Cancer -- Alternative treatment -- Fiction. Female friendship -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	The properties of water Hood, Ann, 1956- The return of her bohemian sister Michaela leads to a crisis in Josie’s seemingly perfect life and forces both women to confront their feelings for each other. Subjects Mothers and daughters -- Fiction. Sisters -- Fiction. Rhode Island -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	The girls : a novel Lansens, Lori. With her 30th birthday on the horizon, Rose Darlen attempts to pen the joys and challenges of her life with her conjoined twin sister, Ruby. Subjects Conjoined twins -- Fiction. Abandoned children -- Fiction. Young women -- Fiction. Adoptees -- Fiction. Sisters -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	Family pictures : a novel Miller, Sue, 1943- Discovering that their third child is autistic changes a family irrevocably. Subjects Conjoined twins -- Fiction. Abandoned children -- Fiction. Young women -- Fiction. Adoptees -- Fiction. Sisters -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	A theory of relativity Mitchard, Jacquelyn. After the sudden death of his sister and brother-in-law Gordon McKenna and his parents must overcome their grief as they simultaneously battle for custody of the couple’s oneyear- old daughter. Subjects Traffic accident victims -- Family relationships -- Fiction. Brothers and sisters -- Fiction. Custody of children -- Fiction. Grandparents -- Fiction. Young men -- Fiction. Orphans -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	The rest of her life Moriarty, Laura, 1970- A mother struggles to relate to her family and reconcile her own past after a terrible car accident. Subjects Accidents -- Fiction. Family -- Fiction. Mothers and daughters -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	The vanishing act of Esme Lennox O'Farrell, Maggie, 1972- Iris receives news that her great-aunt Esme is being released from a mental institution, where she has been confined for more than 60 years. Iris soon learns that Esme holds the key to long-hidden family secrets that will change their lives forever. Subjects Family secrets -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	Change of heart : a novel Picoult, Jodi, 1966- Shay Bourne, a prisoner on death row in New Hampshire, has one last request: to donate his heart, post-execution, to the sister of his victim who needs a transplant. Bourne says it's the only way he can redeem himself. Shay's spiritual advisor, Fr. Michael Wright, knows redemption has nothing to do with organ donation and plans to convince Bourne; but miracles, witnessed by inmates and prison guards alike, make the unkempt, bipolar, convicted murderer a media personality. Subjects Murderers -- Fiction. Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Fiction. Repentance -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	Firefly beach Rice, Luanne. Sisters Caroline, Clea, and Skye gather at their childhood home for the summer, but the arrival of a mysterious man brings them face to face with a family past they had hoped to forget. Subjects Sisters -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	The memory of water White, Karen (Karen S.) Many years after her mother’s death by drowning, Marnie Maitland returns to the South Carolina coast when a similar incident involving her estranged sister Diana and Diana’s young son forces the sisters to revisit their troubled past. Subjects Mentally ill parents -- Fiction. Sisters -- Fiction. Family secrets -- Fiction. South Carolina -- Fiction. Sailing -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

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