EMBRACING MOTHERHOOD AS SEEN IN JODI PICOULT’S MY SISTERS KEEPER

Abstract

The role of mother in family bonding Jodi Picoult’s novels are widely acclaimed for her keen insights into human emotions. In her novel,My Sisters Keeper she weaves an emotionally riveting story of a family. It is considered as a tale of pathos, humour and love. The basic premise of the novel is a family trying to save their dying daughter by creating a “saviour sibling” named Anna, who is a thirteen years old, files a law suit for medical emancipation which tears the family apart. Throughout the novel Sara, a desperate mother fights to keep her daughter alive and also tries to hold the family peace through that. My Sisters Keeper is a cosmic tale about relationships and endurance and the ability of physical and psychic toll a desperately sick child imposes on, changes the life of the mother and the family forever.