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001 7092458
005 20221130205548.0
008 080912s2009 nyu 000 1 eng
010 $a 2008038339
020 $a9780743296410 (alk. paper)
020 $a0743296419 (alk. paper)
024 $a40016462760
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn232979134
035 $a(OCoLC)232979134
035 $a(NNC)7092458
035 $a7092458
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBTCTA$dBAKER$dYDXCP$dUPZ$dCD5$dP@N$dSLV$dFTL$dC#P$dOrLoB-B
050 00 $aPS3566.I372$bH36 2009
082 00 $a813/.54$222
100 1 $aPicoult, Jodi,$d1966-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91118775
245 10 $aHandle with care :$ba novel /$cJodi Picoult.
250 $a1st Atria Books hardcover ed.
260 $aNew York :$bAtria Books,$c2009.
300 $aviii, 477 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
520 1 $a"Every expectant parent will tell you that they don't want a perfect baby, just a healthy one. Charlotte and Sean O'Keefe would have asked for a healthy baby, too, if they'd been given the choice. Instead, their lives are made up of sleepless nights, mounting bills, the pitying stares of "luckier" parents, and maybe worst of all, the what-ifs. What if their child had been born healthy? But it's all worth it because Willow is, well, funny as it seems, perfect. She's smart as a whip, on her way to being as pretty as her mother, kind, brave, and for a five-year-old an unexpectedly deep source of wisdom. Willow is Willow, in sickness and in health." "Everything changes, though, after a series of events forces Charlotte and her husband to confront the most serious what-ifs of all. What if Charlotte should have known earlier of Willow's illness? What if things could have been different? What if their beloved Willow had never been born? To do Willow justice, Charlotte must ask herself these questions and one more. What constitutes a valuable life?"--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aOsteogenesis imperfecta$vFiction.
650 0 $aWrongful life$vFiction.
650 0 $aMedical care, Cost of$vFiction.
650 0 $aParents of children with disabilities$vFiction.
650 0 $aMothers$xPsychology$vFiction.
650 0 $aPhysician and patient$xMoral and ethical aspects$vFiction.
852 00 $bglx$hPS3566.I372$iH36 2009