My Sister's Keeper

MOVIE

MY SISTER'S KEEPER

Oh grabe:) It's nakaiiyak nga! Haha. Shaks pero di naman ako umiyak kasi magmumukha talaga akong ewan. Haha mag-isa ko kasing nanonood sa laptop at nak
a-earphones pa kaya wala silang alam sa nangyayari sa mundo ko. Haha. The movie was great! Napantayan ata yung level nung story sa book? Pero of course, di maiiwasan yung mga deleted scenes diba? Marami pa ring nawalang scenes tulad nung love story ni Campbell at nung Guardian Ad Litem. But it was really a good movie after all:))


NOVEL


MY SISTER'S KEEPER

My Sister's Keeper is about Anna Fitzgerald, a 13-year-old girl who enlists the help of an attorney, Campbell Alexander, to sue her parents for the rights to her body. Kate, Anna's older sister, suffers from acute promyelocytic leukemia, a cancer of the blood and bone marrow. Anna was conceived through in vitro fertilization to be a donor who could save Kate's life. Her parents initially use Anna's umbilical cord blood to treat Kate, and continue to use Anna as a donor for other bodily substances as Kate cycles through remission and relapse over the years. Anna is usually willing to donate whatever Kate needs - blood, bone marrow - but a kidney transplant would be a major surgery for not only Kate, but Anna as well and living with one kidney would affect her greatly. Anna eventually petitions for medical emancipation so that she will be able to make her own decision concerning donating a kidney to Kate, who is experiencing renal failure. Sara, her mother, is an ex-lawyer and decides to represent herself and her husband in the lawsuit. She continually attempts to convince Anna to drop the suit, but Anna refuses to do so.

The guardian ad litem assigned to Anna as her representative is Julia Romano, an old girlfriend of Campbell's. Julia and Campbell met at a private high school, where she was a scholarship student from a poor background and he both popular and wealthy. They fell in love and enjoyed a relationship until Campbell broke up with her at graduation. Julia was never able to determine the reason but felt it was because of her social class. Although they try to conduct court business professionally, their attraction to one another is apparent. Feeling abandoned again, Julia is frustrated with her relationship with Campbell. He also has a service dog whose purpose he keeps a secret. However, when Campbell has a seizure during Anna's testimony, the purpose of the dog is revealed: he is a seizure dog. Julia then learns that Campbell developed epilepsy after getting into a car accident before their graduation, and broke up with her because he did not want to be a burden. Julia supports him, and they reunite.

During the trial, it is revealed that Kate put Anna up to the emancipation because she did not want Anna to go through with the transplant. The judge rules Anna's favor, and gives Campbell medical power of attorney to help her make any medical decisions until she turns 18. After winning the court case, Anna is involved in a car accident and is left brain dead. With Campbell's permission, her kidneys are donated to Kate. As the book closes, a number of years have passed since Anna's death. Kate finishes the book, saying she is a dance teacher, Jesse is a police officer, Sara went back to work, Brian became an alcoholic, and that six years have passed since her last relaspe. Kate explains that she thinks she has survived for so long because someone had to die, and Anna took her place.