Like many Picoult books, I thought it raised some fascinating questions and dilemmas on an issue I haven’t previously thought about much, and explored them even-handedly from a variety of viewpoints.
The obstetrician in question also happens to be her best friend, Piper. Through a series of events, Charlotte gets a chance of suing for “wrongful birth” by claiming that, through the negligence of her obstetrician, she did not get a choice of whether or not to go ahead with the pregnancy when the option of abortion was still available.
Her parents adore Willow, but her condition puts a huge emotional and financial strain on the family, who are not well-off. The story: Charlotte and Sean O’Keefe‘s five-year-old daughter, Willow, was born with osteogenesis imperfecta, or brittle bone disease, which means that she will suffer hundreds of broken bones in her lifetime, not to mention myriads of other complications. Still, as the legal battle at the centre is completely different, it wouldn’t be fair to call it a rehash. Let’s see, it’s about a family with a special needs child, a mother who is well-meaning but blinded to some truths about her family in her single-mindedness, another daughter who feels neglected and misunderstood, a father who is caught in the middle, a lawyer who has her own side story there’s a court case and a big shock ending.
It didn’t occur to me until later, but this book bore very strong similarities to My Sister’s Keeper, probably Picoult’s best-known novel.
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