Picoult, a master of the domestic landscape, creates a dramatic page turner, relentlessly driving home what doctors tell Charlotte at Willow’s birth: “You can’t live a life without impact. Picoult does a terrific job of evoking and its peculiarities-from the likelihood that parents might be accused of child abuse (because of fractures that don't quite "make sense") to the incessant push and pull of wanting a child to experience kindergarten friendships, Disney World and ice skating, while worrying constantly that another fragile bone will break. Handle With Care is a great read, with strong characters, an exciting lawsuit to pull you along and really good use of the medical context. It's well written, it's conscientiously researched and, most important, it presents a character who is a child instead of a disability personified.
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