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My Sister's Keeper is the eleventh novel by the American author Jodi Picoult.It is based upon Anissa and Marissa Ayala. Published in 2004, it tells the story of thirteen-year-old Anna Fitzgerald, who sues her parents for medical emancipation when she is told to donate a kidney to her elder sister Kate, who is suffering from acute leukemia.
[2] [5] [6] In October 2000, the blood from his umbilical cord was transplanted to his sister. [4] [7] Nash's conception and birth received both praise and criticism due to the ethical issues surrounding PGD and was also the inspiration of the novel My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult.
The novel My Sister's Keeper, later adapted into a film, is about a child who was born as a savior sibling to her sister Kate who is affected by acute promyelocytic leukemia. In the British soap opera Emmerdale , Debbie Dingle gave birth to her son Jack, who would serve as a savior sibling to his older sister Sarah, who was suffering from ...
Author Jodi Picoult says she hasn’t gotten over the “really terrible experience” of turning her 2004 novel, “My Sister’s Keeper,” into a less-than-acclaimed movie.. Speaking to People ...
In an interview with People magazine about her new book “By Any Other Name,” author Jodi Picoult revealed her inspiration for the novel came from the “terrible experience” she had with the ...
In “My Sister’s Keeper,” Breslin and Ellingson played siblings with a sister who has leukemia, with Breslin's character born in the hopes she can help the sick sister with her treatment ...
Pages in category "Medical ethics in fiction" ... My Sister's Keeper (film) My Sister's Keeper (novel) P. Philoctetes (Sophocles play) S. Similitude (Star Trek ...
Actor Evan Ellingson, who appeared on screen in several roles as a child and teenager, has died aged 35. Ellingson was best known for starring in the 2009 film My Sister’s Keeper, adapted from ...