![]() ![]() Sean considers getting a divorce after countless disagreements with Charlotte about the lawsuit. However, the OB/GYN the O'Keefes are suing is Piper Reece, Charlotte's best friend.Īmelia, the eldest daughter of Charlotte, from a previous relationship with a drug addict, develops bulimia and begins to self-harm, partially due to the stress of her home life. Essentially, if the O'Keefe's had known earlier that their fetus had OI, they would have been equipped with all the information, and able to make the choice as to whether or not to have the pregnancy aborted. The lawyer, Marin Gates, mentions a different possibility: a wrongful birth lawsuit against the OB/GYN that treated Charlotte during her pregnancy. ![]() ![]() To her parents, Sean and Charlotte O'Keefe, the disease has meant many sleepless nights, mounting hospital and insurance bills, and the pitying stares of "luckier" parents.Īfter a disastrous vacation to Walt Disney World that results in Willow severely breaking both of her femora, Sean and Charlotte visit a lawyer to inquire about a lawsuit against the park and hospital after park and hospital staff thought that Willow's broken bones indicated child abuse. Willow has Type III osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), a disease also known as brittle bone syndrome. The story follows the life of a young girl, Willow O'Keefe, and her family. Handle with Care debuted at #1 on The New York Times Best Seller list. Handle with Care (2009) is the seventeenth novel by American author Jodi Picoult. ![]()
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