by Bethers » Tue Feb 10, 2009 6:12 pm
Ohohoh, as to those questions - I'm not a good book clubber in that I've disliked these formal questions that get asked LOL -
But - I'll give a couple cents worth to answer them, then I'll say what I want to say.
Do you think Anna did the right thing, honoring Kate's wishes? Yes
Do you feel it was unfair of Kate to ask Anna to refuse to donate a kidney, even though this seemed to be the only way for her to avoid the lifesaving transplant? No and Yes
OK, I'm going to say I loved this book and absolutely HATED the ending of the book. It ended with the parents (well, the Mom) getting what she always wanted. While most of the book followed what could have and has happened realistically - it ended with Kate basically healed - by a kidney - which could never have healed her - it could only have helped her kidney - not anything else to do with the disease.
That said, this book made me mad MAD MAD sometimes. At one point I put the book down for a couple days because I was so frustrated and mad at the Mother - that I had to walk away from it. When she would say she loved her children equally, no, she didn't. Everything she did was for Kate and only for Kate. When she wouldn't let Anna sign up to go to that hockey summer camp I wanted to lose it.
Anna was born to be a donor, and that's the only way her mother could love her. Sad, she had to die to prove it. As I said, Mom won, didn't she?
Beth
“Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~
"He who treasures the small things in life has found the path to true happiness"