What will you do if you found out that the baby you or your wife is carrying will be born with a disability? Will you entertain the thought of protecting your baby from a lifetime of pain by terminating your pregnancy?
If you decide to keep the baby, how will you plan to live with a child that will not function as a normal person for the rest of their life? These are big questions that Jodi Picoult asks in her latest book Handle with Care.
Charlotte and Sean O'Keefe has a daughter who was born with a rare disease called severe osteogenesis imperfecta. They love their daughter Willow and they are decisive that they will take care of her and do everything to make her condition better. But with the rising medical bills and the personal difficulty of dealing with the situation are burdening the couple.
If it happens to me, honestly, I don't know what I will do. I don't think that it is impossible not to think about letting the baby go because of your intention of protecting the baby from having a difficult life. But I still believe that only God can make a decision whether a person will live or die. It is not in our hands to say whether a person should die even if we know that they will lead a very difficult life.
Jodi Picoult's novel gives you insights on how valuable life. "Handle with Care" will tug at the deepest part of your heart and will let you question your very own life and your existence and how you can make it meaningful every day.
Here is a good Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult review that you might want to read.
Sharon is a lover of fiction who writes for http://www.thegreentheory.com.
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By Sharon February
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