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“The nurses holding me down to stick me for white cells Kate might borrow; the doctor saying they didn't get enough the first time around. The bruises and the deep bone ache after I gave up my marrow; the shots that sparked more stem cells in me, so that there'd be extra for my sister. The fact that I'm not sick, but I might as well be. The fact that the only reason I was born was as a harvest crop for Kate. The fact that even now, a major decision about me is being made, and no one's bothered to ask the one person who most deserves it to speak her opinion.” Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her sister, Kate, can fight the leukaemia that has plagued her since she was a child. Anna was born for this purpose, her parents tell her, which is why they love her even more. But now that she has reached an age of physical awareness, she can't help but long for control over her own body and respite from the constant flow of her own blood seeping into her sister's veins.         So she makes a decision that for most would be too difficult to bear, at any time and at any age. She decides to sue her parents for the rights to her own body. Click here or on the book cover to purchase your copy of My Sister's Keeper from kalahari.net	My Sister’s Keeper Jodi Picoult R94,95 ISBN: 034083546X Hodder & Stoughton B-format Paperback 304 pages
Jessie Sullivan has been married half her life, and has become accustomed to her role. But when she returns to the isolated island she grew up on to establish why her mother has been behaving oddly, she finds a lot more than she came looking for.         A loving, exuberant character, who believes herself to be happy, she has forgotten a hidden part of her spirit – the part represented by the beautiful, vibrant and legendary mermaid carved on a chair in the island's monastery.         When Jessie falls passionately in love with a monk she discovers a place in herself that she never previously imagined could exist. Click here or on the book cover to purchase your copy of The Mermaid Chair from kalahari.net	The Mermaid Chair Sue Monk Kidd R149,95 ISBN: 0755327004 Review Trade Paperback 320 pages
Matt Hunter made a mistake when he was 20 years old, and paid for it with a four year stint in prison that left him with a determination never to be locked up again.         Finally, his life is back on the promising track he was taking before he accidentally killed a man; he has a good job, a newly pregnant wife he adores, and is about to close on the home of their dreams. Then he gets a couple of bizarre photos on his cellphone that seem to show his wife in a compromising position with a black-haired stranger. Click here to purchase your copy of The Innocent from kalahari.net	The Innocent Harlan Coben R139,95 ISBN: 0752867849 Orion Trade Paperback 304 pages
John Connolly takes his Charlie Parker series a step further away from the conventional serial killer thriller towards supernatural horror. The search for Louis' junkie whore cousin and her abductors, leads the trio ever further into darkness. They have fought evil before, but none as bad as the Believers – a group obsessed with fallen angels and the strange sculpted objects men have made from human bones.         This time, however, what the Believers believe may be true – both what they believe about the world and what they believe about Parker. Click here to purchase your copy of The Black Angel from kalahari.net	The Black Angel John Connolly R149,95 ISBN: 0340837667 Hodder & Stoughton Trade Paperback 544 pages
This is the ultimate business how-to book by the revered and respected icon of American business, Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric. Winning explores the changes of recent times and the new economic realities, and more than that, it identifies the central, immutable principles of doing business right and doing it well. Co-author Suzy Wetlaufer, Welch’s fiancée and former editor of the Harvard Business Review, brings expertise in management, writing talent, and a woman's sensibility to articulating the components of Welch's success. Click here to purchase Winning from kalahari.net	Winning Jack Welch R169,95 ISBN: 0007197675 HarperCollins Trade Paperback 384 pages

LitNet: 13 May 2005

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