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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 |
Kim Edwards
Paperback | Pages: 401 pages Rating: 3.67 | 548628 Users | 19054 Reviews
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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.Declare Books Supposing The Memory Keeper's Daughter
| 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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Ratings: 3.67 From 548628 Users | 19054 ReviewsWeigh Up Of Books The Memory Keeper's Daughter
A well written and sadly beautiful bookbut unsatisfying. A blizzard causes Dr David Henry to have to deliver his own twin children. His son is beautiful and healthy, but the unexpected twin shows all the signs of Down Syndrome. At this point in history (1964), children with Down Syndrome didn't live long, were an embarrassment, and were frequently abandoned or sent to live their short lives in institutions. So David sends his loyal nurse Caroline to take the child to an appropriate facility andThis is one of those books that I always see people reading in parks and on the subway, and I just want to shout at them, "Save yourself! There's still time to quit reading!" Really, it's one of those books that has an interesting premise/situation, but doesn't go anywhere. The interesting premise is this: a couple has twins and the father sneaks away with the one twin who has Downs Syndrome. The mother doesn't know about this baby and it's raised by the father's coworker. You're interested,
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!
Beautiful writing, horrible story telling - I bought this book based on the back cover snapshot. No one recommended it to me, so I have no one to blame. My problem with this book is, the author had SO MUCH in the palm of her hand that she could have done with this story. But she was more interested in being poetic and symbolic - which is only good if it contributes to great storytelling.I was expecting to love the wife and feel emotionally connected to her throughout the book since she has been
It was soooo depressing and a waste of my time. I'll never attempt to read another book that I hate after the first chapter. I read it through and was feeling so annoyed at the story line and the melancholy of it all. I just didn't enjoy any of it. The husband makes a choice and thinks about it every freaking second of every minute!!! It wasn't my thing. Read and see for yourselves.
Dark Trees in the Heart The Memory Keeper's Daughter is a story about a secret--a terrible, life-altering secret running central to the story and in the lives of the characters. In spite of spanning only twenty-five years, it has an epic feel. A lot happens. We first meet Norah and David Henry on the stormy night she gives birth to twins. The boy, Paul, is born healthy. The second, an unexpected daughter, is born with Down's Syndrome. While his wife lay unconscious, David, a doctor who presides
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