Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult

Can't Put It Down--Jodi Classic (100 stars!)

First off, for anyone who has Osteogenesis imperfecta (O.I.) and their families and friends, my prayers and thoughts are with you.  As for the book, I loved it!!  This is a hard-to-put-down book.  I went back and forth with how I felt about the people in this book.  So many twists and turns and story lines everywhere.  It's just awesome!!!!  It left me wanting more, and then, if that's not enough, the last 50 or so pages were even better!!  I finished it 3 days sooner than I expected I would.  Nineteen Minutes is the standard I judge Jodi's books by because I really liked it a lot! That was one awesome book and this matches it.  I cried at the end, hated the ending!!!  I've read so many good books this year so far--this is one of them for sure.  Read this book, you will never forget it!

--Gerard Zemek

Karen's Review: Tough Questions--Tough Choices--(4 Stars)

This is a story about a family who has a baby girl, Willow, born with Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) and each member has a different way of protecting the girl.  OI is a rare bone disease where the slightest bump can cause factures.  In an effort to get more money to pay for her care and special needs, the mother sues her best friend who was also the mother's ob-gyn in a wrongful birth lawsuit. I felt sorry for the mother at times but didn't understand her actions. 

This book is very thought provoking and shows how far a mother will go to help her daughter making some very tough choices.  It gives insight into how this disease can affect the entire family and really all who know the person.  The book deals with the issue of is that life worth living or would it have been better if the girl was never born.  It ended very differently from what I expected and held my attention because I wanted to find out how the trial would end. 

I did not like the ending at all and disagreed with the jury's verdict.  The characters make for a good discussion.