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Handle with care a novel

After her daughter contracts a fatal disease, Charlotte O'Keefe must confront some serious questions that ultimately lead to one final epiphany: what constitutes a valuable life.

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Main Author: Picoult, Jodi, 1966-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Atria Books, 2009.
Edition:1st Atria Books hardcover ed.
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Osteogenesis imperfecta > Fiction.
Wrongful life > Fiction.
Medical care, Cost of > Fiction.
Parents of children with disabilities > Fiction.
Mothers > Psychology > Fiction.
Physician and patient > Moral and ethical aspects > Fiction.
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Summary:After her daughter contracts a fatal disease, Charlotte O'Keefe must confront some serious questions that ultimately lead to one final epiphany: what constitutes a valuable life.
Physical Description:viii, 477 p. ; 25 cm.
ISBN:9780743296427
0743296427
9780743296410
0743296419
Author Notes:Jodi Picoult was born in Nesconset, New York on May 19, 1966. She received a degree in creative writing from Princeton University in 1987 and a master's degree in education from Harvard University. She published two short stories in Seventeen magazine while still in college. Immediately after graduation, she landed a variety of jobs, ranging from editing textbooks to teaching eighth-grade English.

Her first book, Songs of the Humpback Whale, was published in 1992. Her other works include Picture Perfect, Mercy, The Pact, Salem Falls, The Tenth Circle, Nineteen Minutes, Change of Heart, Handle with Care, House Rules, Sing You Home, Lone Wolf, Leaving Time, and Small Great Things. My Sister's Keeper was made into a movie starring Cameron Diaz. She received the New England Bookseller Award for fiction in 2003. She also wrote five issues of the Wonder Woman comic book series for DC Comics. She writes young adult novels with her daughter Samantha van Leer including Between the Lines and Off the Page.

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