423 pages
English language
Published Nov. 7, 2009 by Washington Square Press.
"Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her older sister, Kate, can somehow fight the leukemia that has plagued her since childhood. The product of preimplantation genetic diagnosis, Anna was conceived as a bone marrow match for Kate -- a life and a role that she has never challenged ... until now. Like most teenagers, Anna is beginning to question who she truly is. But unlike most teenagers, she has always been defined in terms of her sister -- and so Anna makes a decision that for most would be unthinkable, a decision that will tear her family apart and have perhaps fatal consequences for the sister she loves"--Cover.
Im Grunde interessantes Thema. Allerdings ist die parallel laufende Liebesgeschichte ziemlich überflüssig, und das Ende ist grauenhaft pathetisch.
This was an engaging read for me. I had a hard time putting the book down because I wanted to see what was going to happen next.
I never watched the movie, so I had no idea what I was getting into with this one.
I can definitely understand why some people do not like this book at all. But I found it to be engaging enough that I wasn't bothered by a lot of the gripes others have had.
