Handle with Care

　　五歲的小柳遺傳母親漂亮的臉龐，相當早慧，然而自出生就病痛纏身，醫院進進出出，沒幾個好日子過。父母親心疼她，他們期待一個健康的孩子，但天不從人願。在一連串的治療與折磨之後，這對絕望的父母親決定對當初沒有清楚告知他們嬰兒狀況的醫生提出告訴。不過這個主治醫師，不是別人，正是他們的好朋友......

Things break all the time.
Day breaks, waves break, voices break.
Promises break.
Hearts break.

　　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, well, 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 should have 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 brings us into the heart of a family bound by an incredible burden, a desperate will to keep their ties from breaking, and, ultimately, a powerful capacity for love. Written with the grace and wisdom she's become famous for, beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult offers us an unforgettable novel about the fragility of life and the lengths we will go to protect it.

作者簡介

　　JODI PICOULT is the author of sixteen novels, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers Change of Heart and Nineteen Minutes. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and three children. Visit her website at www.jodipicoult.com.