My Sister’s Keeper

My Sister’s Keeper

by

Jodi Picoult

Jenna Ambrose Character Analysis

Jenna is Taylor’s mother. Sara briefly speaks with her after Taylor’s death, at which point Jenna tells her that she sat with Taylor’s body hours after he died and still thinks she can hear him moving about in his room. Sara views Jenna as a preview of what she will experience when she loses Kate.

Jenna Ambrose Quotes in My Sister’s Keeper

The My Sister’s Keeper quotes below are all either spoken by Jenna Ambrose or refer to Jenna Ambrose. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Bodily Autonomy Theme Icon
).
32. 2002: Sara Quotes

I don’t tell Kate something else Jenna Ambrose said—that afterward, she went inside and stared at her son, who wasn’t her son anymore. That she sat for five whole hours, sure he was going to wake up. That even now she hears noise overhead and thinks Taylor is moving around his room, that the half-second she is gifted before she remembers the truth is the only reason she gets up each morning.

Related Characters: Sara Fitzgerald (speaker), Kate Fitzgerald, Taylor Ambrose, Jenna Ambrose
Page Number: 321
Explanation and Analysis:
Get the entire My Sister’s Keeper LitChart as a printable PDF.
My Sister’s Keeper PDF