Handle with care

Things break all the time. Day breaks waves break voices break. Promisesbreak. Hearts break. Every expectant parent will tell you that they dontwant a perfect b... » 

Things break all the time. Day breaks waves break voices break. Promisesbreak. Hearts break. Every expectant parent will tell you that they dontwant a perfect baby just a healthy one. Charlotte and Sean OKeefe would haveasked for a healthy baby too if theyd been given the choice. Instead theirlives are made up of sleepless nights mounting bills the pitying stares ofluckier parents and maybe worst of all the whatifs. What if their childhad been born healthy? But its all worth it because Willow is well funny asit seems perfect. Shes smart as a whip on her way to being as pretty as hermother kind brave and for a fiveyearold an unexpectedly deep source ofwisdom. Willow is Willow in sickness and in health.Everything changesthough after a series of events forces Charlotte and her husband to confrontthe most serious whatifs of all. What if Charlotte should have known earlierof Willows illness? What if things could have been different? What if theirbeloved Willow had never been born? To do Willow justice Charlotte must askherself these questions and one more. What constitutes a valuablelife?Emotionally riveting and profoundly moving Handle with Care bringsus into the heart of a family bound by an incredible burden a desperate willto keep their ties from breaking and ultimately a powerful capacity forlove. Written with the grace and wisdom shes become famous for beloved 1New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult offers us an unforgettablenovel about the fragility of life and the lengths we will go to protect it. «