Picoult, Jodi - Handle With Care

Willow O'Keefe is born with osteogenesis imperfecta, or brittle bone disease, which means she will suffer hundreds of broken bones as she grows, and a lifetime of pain.  As the family struggles to cover medical expenses, her mother charlotte decides to file a wrongful birth lawsuit against her obstetrician for compensation that might ensure a lifetime of care for Willow.  But it means that Charlotte has to say in a court of law that she would have terminated the pregnancy if she'd known about the disability in advance.  And the obstetrician she's suing isn't just her physician - she's her best friend.  Handle with Care is an absorbing narrative that questions the basis of medical ethics and of personal morality.  What rights do parents or doctors have to terminate a life?  How disabled is too disabled?  As a parent, how far would you go to save someone you love?

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