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My Sister's Keeper is a heart-wrenching story of a family which is torn apart by conflicting needs. Written by bestselling author, Jodi Picoult, it is a coming of age story of two sisters and the amazing relationship they share. Summary of the Book My Sister’s Keeper follows the story of a 13-year-old girl, Anna, and her elder sister Kate, who is battling leukemia. Anna is a perfectly healthy child, but by the young age of thirteen, she has undergone innumerable surgeries and transfusions to help her elder sister fight the leukemia that has plagued her since childhood. Anna was a product of in-vitro fertilization and was conceived as a bone marrow match for Kate. She was brought into this world for a reason – to shoulder the responsibility of saving Kate. But like most teenagers, Anna begins to question her true identity and the reason behind her existence. She is always defined in terms of her sister, and she finally makes a decision after a lot of contemplation that shocks her parents. A decision that can tear the family apart and have lethal consequences for the sister she adores and loves. About Jodi Picoult Jodi Lynn Picoult is an American author of seventeen novels. She was awarded the New England Bookseller Award for fiction in 2003. She has authored seventeen novels including Plain Truth, Second Glance, Picture Perfect, and Handle with Care, among others.