She had abruptly flipped from the southern belle and was now putting on the extremely businesslike air of those perfectionist women who'd only worked in the professional world for two or three years before stopping to have children and were now terrified of not being taken seriously.

Rebecca Makkai
About This Quote

I love when I read stories by Jodi Picoult because she portrays the world in a way that is easy to relate to. She depicts characters in a realistic way that makes it easy for the reader to see themselves in the story. This quote is taken from her book, My Sister's Keeper. The main character in this novel is Abby, who was born with a rare genetic disorder.

She has this disorder because her mother used her egg cells in order to have a child without getting pregnant. The main problem with this situation is that Abby didn’t know she had this disorder until she found out she was going to be having her sister’s baby.

Source: The Borrower

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