OT - "My Sister's Keeper"
I've heard all the hype about the soon to be released movie, and saw the book while out shopping yesterday, so I decided to get it and see what all the fuss is about.
So, I'm in the middle of this book (which I have to admit is pretty good, much better than I thought it would be)and at about 11 last night, it struck me - what if the parents in the story were divorced and remarried or in a committed relationship with another person??? Gave me shivers. :O
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Last Nerve on My Sisters Keeper
I would think that premise is too unbelievable to be true... but sadly, it is not. My DH has a very good friend who was literally told that is the reason that she was born. To be there as body parts for her sick, older sister, who has since died. Needless to say, that girl is a little screwed up... It's an incredibly sad story. SD loves all of the books by Jodi Picoult. I have read 2 of them and they are better than I expected. SD asked me to read "Keeping Faith" and "19 Minutes". I am not sure I will go to see My Sisters Keeper with SD because it hits a little close to home for me with illness... but we will see...
I remember a story
about 10 or 15 years ago when something similar to this happened. I couldn't believe it then, but given the technological advances in medicine/genetics, I think it's possible now. It would be so sad to know the only reason one is born was for 'spare parts', so to speak.
Once I'm done this book, I'll check out the other two you mentioned.
I remember
JamaicanMeCrazy
DISNEY LIED...THERE IS NO 'HAPPILY EVER AFTER'
several years ago a little girl had a rare form of cancer and no donor could be found - the girl's parents decided to have another child so the child would be a match to donate bone marrow to the older sibling. There was a big controversy over it at the time - I seem to remember seeing something in a magazine just recently about those sisters, but I didn't read the article (I was in the doctor's office and got called in about the time I started reading and I can't remember what magazine it was!). I'm not sure how I would feel if I were the younger sibling - I'd bet there's alot of mixed emotions for both kids.
My thoughts wandered to
What if it was your biokid or stepkid?
On the one hand, I could see myself wanting to do anything to help my bio child, with many many conditions to the exH attached (including him giving up all rights to the hypothetical baby), but I don't know if I could put an innocent baby through that either.
On the other hand (and this is going to sound absolutley terrible), I don't think I could deal with DH doing this with BM. How horrible am I??
I know my motive would be to help biokid, but I'm pretty sure in BM's twisted brain, she'd just use the hypothetical baby to guilt DH and start up another round of manipulation, guilt, PAS, you name it...
Knock on wood our kids are all healthy.