作者Jodi Picoult，41岁，共写了14部畅销小说：Songs of the Humpback Whale (1992)座头鲸之歌, Harvesting the Heart (1994), Picture Perfect(1995); Mercy (1996)仁慈, The Pact (1998); Keeping Faith (1999)保持忠诚, Plain Truth (2000)完全真相, Salem Falls (2001)塞伦的秋天, Perfect Match (2002)绝配, Second Glance (2003)第二眼, My Sister's Keeper (2004)我姐姐的守护者, Vanishing Acts (2005)消逝行为,The Tenth Circle (2006)第十圈 and her newest novel, Nineteen Minutes 19分钟,
今年的新作：Change of Heart 心灵之变
故事的主角叫安娜Anna。她的姐姐凯特Kate在2岁的时候被诊断出患有acute promyelocytic leukemia（急性早幼粒细胞白血病），为了拯救这个孩子，安娜的父母通过体外受精方式生下了和姐姐有着完美基因配型的安娜。从安娜出生时为她的姐姐提供的脐带血细胞开始，每当姐姐的白血病一次又一次的复发，安娜就要不断的提供血液和骨髓来维持姐姐的生命。凯特16岁的时候面临肾衰竭的威胁，而唯一能挽救她的生命的就是肾脏移植手术，由于接受无血缘关系的人的肾脏的成功率不高，他们的家族里又没有适合的肾脏，安娜就需要为姐姐献出自己的一个肾脏，而那时候，她才13岁。然而安娜决定聘请一名律师，要从父母那儿解放自己的身体，赢得自己的“身体支配权”。她的律师亚历山大Campbell Alexander于是为她奔波上诉。
作者在接近尾声的时候才揭开了安娜控告她父母的原因其实是她的姐姐不愿意接受她捐献的肾脏。凯特说她不想再在医院里过她的日子了，她已经准备好了要接受死亡。案件以安娜获得了自己身体支配权为收尾。而就在安娜要宣布自己是否愿意为姐姐捐献出自己的肾脏的时候，她遭遇车祸，头部受伤，脑死亡。不过她的律师持有安娜授权的医学意向书，最终安娜的肾脏还是捐献给了她的姐姐。
结尾处凯特提及她对安娜的死的悲痛。她说她的母亲不断寻找安娜苏醒的迹象。她还说，每当她看到自己身上移植手术留下的深深的疤痕，她就永远不会忘记她的小妹妹。
Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions,
and shots so that her older sister, Kate, can somehow fight the leukemia that has plagued her since childhood. The product of preimplantation genetic diagnosis, Anna was conceived as a bone marrow match for Kate - a life and a role that she has never questioned… until now. Like most teenagers, Anna is beginning to question who she truly is. But unlike most teenagers, she has always been defined in terms of her sister - and so Anna makes a decision that for most would be unthinkable… a decision that will tear her family apart and have perhaps fatal consequences for the sister she loves. My Sister's Keeper examines what it means to be a good parent, a good sister, a good person. Is it morally correct to do whatever it takes to save a child's life… even if that means infringing upon the rights of another? Is it worth trying to discover who you really are, if that quest makes you like yourself less?
电影版
国家/地区：美国
类型：剧情
片长：106 min
分级：USA:PG-13
对白语言：英语
发行公司：新线电影公司
导演：尼克·卡索维茨 Nick Cassavetes
编剧：Jeremy Leven ....(screenplay) and Jodi Picoult ....(novel) 尼克·卡索维茨 Nick Cassavetes ....(screenplay)
主演：卡梅隆·迪亚茨 Cameron Diaz ....Sara Fitzgerald
阿比吉尔·布莱斯林Abigail Breslin ....Andromeda 'Anna' Fitzgerald
苏菲亚·威希涅瓦 Sofia Vassilieva ....Kate Fitzgerald
剧情：《我姐姐的守护者》系根据同名小说改编，影片讲述小女孩发现父母生下她只是为了给身患癌症的姐姐提供活下去的机会，决定反击父母，控告父母夺走她的身体的悲剧……
