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The Memory Keeper's Daughter

Kim Edwards

Paperback | Pages: 401 pages

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Original Title:	The Memory Keeper's Daughter
ISBN:	0143037145 (ISBN13: 9780143037149)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Phoebe, Al, Dr. David Henry, Norah Henry, Bree, Paul Henry
Setting:	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,1970(United States) Lexington, Kentucky,1964(United States) Paris,1988(France)

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On a winter night in 1964, Dr. David Henry is forced by a blizzard to deliver his own twins. His son, born first, is perfectly healthy. Yet when his daughter is born, he sees immediately that she has Down's Syndrome. Rationalizing it as a need to protect Norah, his wife, he makes a split-second decision that will alter all of their lives forever. He asks his nurse to take the baby away to an institution and never to reveal the secret. But Caroline, the nurse, cannot leave the infant. Instead, she disappears into another city to raise the child herself. So begins this story that unfolds over a quarter of a century - in which these two families, ignorant of each other, are yet bound by the fateful decision made that long-ago winter night. Norah Henry, who knows only that her daughter died at birth, remains inconsolable; her grief weighs heavily on their marriage. And Paul, their son, raises himself as best he can, in a house grown cold with mourning. Meanwhile, Phoebe, the lost daughter, grows from a sunny child to a vibrant young woman whose mother loves her as fiercely as if she were her own.

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Title	:	The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Author	:	Kim Edwards
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 401 pages
Published	:	May 30th 2006 by Penguin Books (first published June 23rd 2005)
Categories	:	Fiction. Contemporary. Adult Fiction. Adult. Book Club. Historical. Historical Fiction. Drama

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Wow, I'm really torn as to what to say about this book. I will start by saying that Kim Edwards is a skilled writer and there's no taking that away from her. Her words flow beautifully and that was greatly appreciated by me.I began reading this book and fell in love with it. From the beginning, I was very sure that I was going to rate it with five stars. I was intrigued by the premise: It's 1964 and a doctor's wife gives birth to twins. The twins were unexpected (no ultrasounds back then) and so



A beautiful and moving story about a secret kept for 25 years and the effects on the people involved. I really enjoyed this one. I knew the secret world come out eventually, I just had that feeling that it would, but I love how the writer moved each of the characters through the story.

Although the premise was extremely interesting, and there were true moments of brilliance in her characterizations, descriptions, and interactions, this book, more than anything, left me incredibly angry at the author. [Contains spoilers!:] Her characters are very deep, but only in one dimension. Her two stories are so clearly divided between good and evil, it's unrealistic. The last 50 pages or so are so filled with action that it made me wonder if she got to a certain point and her editor told

The Memory Keeper's Daughter crept up on me in a way I never expected. After reading many conflicting reviews I assumed I would either DNF this book at worst or slap 3 stars on it at best.In 1964, Dr. David Henry delivers his own twins. His son is perfectly healthy. His daughter is born with Down's Syndrome. Remembering his own sickly sister who died young, and the unending sorrow it caused for his mother, he is determined to protect his wife from the same heartache. He asks his nurse to take

Wow.. This book was heavy. I listened to this in my car, so it stretched out for awhile and I got to think on it and talk about it a LOT. The narrator: Martha Plimpton (I guess there is also a version narrated by someone else) did a phenomenal book. She brought this book to life in an amazing way. 3 different accents AND two characters with down syndrome is impressive. These two separate families each with a twin told in chronological order from before birth and the life difficulties and joys

Man I hated this book- the plot had some great potential, but instead you got to witness one scene of frustrated people not knowing how to deal with their emotions after another. Seriously, imagine 60 someodd pages of: wife- "I'm sad, darling, talk to me" husband- "we can't have another baby" silence...followed by wife being angry and husband yet again being emotionally stunted...ok, fine, I see that it's a result of him giving away their daughter with downs syndrome, but I just wouldn't end!