Handle With Care

by Jodi Picoult

Usually I really like Jodi Picoult, but I found this book disappointing. It's about a little girl named Willow who's born with brittle bone disease, which causes her to break bones very frequently. When Willow is six, her mom finds out that she can sue her OB for not diagnosing the condition soon enough for to have terminated the pregnancy (even though she wouldn't have done it). The problem is, her OB is (was) her best friend, but of course, the lawsuit ruins the friendship and her marriage.

The problems: the character of the mom really wasn't that sympathetic; Willow was a little too perfect personality wise to be realistic; this bulimia/cutting sub-plot was thrown in in an utterly predictable way; and the ending was a total cop-out and seemed like it was copied from My Sister's Keeper. I wouldn't recommend this book.