MY SISTER'S KEEPER by JODI PICOULT
"At the beginning of this hearing, Mr. Alexander, you said that none of us is obligated to go into a fire and save someone else from a burning building. But that all changes if you're a parent and the person in that burning building is your child. If that's the case, not only would everyone understand if you ran in to get your child - they'd practically expect it of you.
In my life, though, that building was on fire, one of my children was in it - and the only opportunity to save her was to send in my other child, because she was the only one who knew the way. Did I know I was taking a risk? Of course. Did I realize it meant maybe losing both of them? Yes. Did I understand that maybe it wasn't fair to ask her to do it? Absolutely. But I also know that it was the only chance I had to keep both of them. Was it legal? Was it moral? Was it crazy or foolish or cruel? I don't know. But I do know it was right."
Just finished this novel and not satisfied at all with the ending. =(
I seriously enjoyed the story - except the last 12 pages of the novel which left a terrible aftertaste.
I shall not be a spoilsport and reveal the ending lest any of you are planning on reading this....
Overall, I think it is a good read - just be ready for a jaw-dropping ending.
It is the only one of Picoult's many novels to be adapted to a movie, starring Cameron Diaz and Abigail Breslin (my favorite kid actor... from "Little Miss Sunshine"!).
It is supposed to be in theatres 26 June 2009 but somehow I have not seen it in Singapore.
Please let me know if any of you knows anything about this movie e.g. when is it showing or if i had missed it?
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