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My Sister's Keeper

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

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The Fitzgerald family’s situation is complicated. Does Picoult succeed in making each narrator’s stance on the situation sympathetic, or at least understandable? Explain your case with evidence from the text.

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What kind of mother is Sara? Is her hyperfocus on Kate’s illness detrimental to her other children, including Kate herself? How might Sara have acted differently?

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Why does Brian change his testimony after speaking to Campbell? What does this say about his relationship with Sara? What does it say about his relationship with Anna?

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