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My Sister’s Keeper takes us on an adventure through the struggle of the Fitzgerald family during their experience with childhood cancer and encases each member of the family’s personal struggles that they have with a dying family member. This story revolves around Sara and Brian Fitzgerald and their three kids. Jesse, the oldest child of the Fitzgerald’s, suffers from dyslexia, but is often overlooked and ignored due to the prognosis of his younger sister. Kate, the middle child and the general star of the movie, has leukemia and is the main recipient of constant attention, care, and love from her kin. Her dying is the glue that holds her family together, but also the scissors that tear them apart. In order to prolong Kate’s life, her parents
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