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Handle with Care

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Handle with Care

Written by: Jodi Picoult
Narrated by: Cassandra Morris, Charlotte Perry, Alma Cuervo, Celeste Ciulla, Jessica Almasy, Jim Colby
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When Willow is born with severe osteogenesis imperfecta, her parents are devastated—she will suffer hundreds of broken bones as she grows, a lifetime of pain. In this provocative story from the #1 New York Times bestselling author, “Picoult writes with unassuming brilliance” (Stephen King).

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, 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 had 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?

Emotionally riveting and profoundly moving, Handle with Care is an unforgettable novel about the fragility of life and the lengths we will go to protect it. Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Psychological Women's Fiction

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This story was so well written and beautifully described. It kept me wanting to keep reading and finding out what happened next. I still go over it in my mind.

This was such a great story!

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This story was hard to listen to as a mom. My heart tore at the end - be prepared for a devastating ending. Jodi Picoults characters always come to life and are so beautifully complex. as hard as this book was to listen to (emotionally), I also loved every second of it. all the narrators did a wonderful job and made all the characters feel so real.

Wonderful story with the most heart breaking ending

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I do recommend one hundred percent. Loved the story line and how it was relatable and engaging.

Very engaging as all Picoult books

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this story pulls at your heart from beginning to end. a journey with a captivating story and an earth jolting end.

captivating

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It was a relentlessly depressing story with little joy to be found. The ending was like a dismissal of the entire story.

Waste of time

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