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    The Memory Keeper's Daughter (Paperback) By (author) Kim Edwards

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    Short Description for The Memory Keeper's DaughterDr. David Henry is forced by a blizzard to deliver his own twins. His son is perfectly healthy, but his daughter has Down's syndrome. Rationalizing it as a need to protect his wife, he asks his nurse to take the baby away to an institution. Instead, the nurse disappears into another city to raise the child herself.
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  • Kim Edwards's stunning family drama evokes the spirit of Sue Miller and Alice Sebold, articulating every mother's silent fear: what would happen if you lost your child and she grew up without you? In 1964, when a blizzard forces Dr. David Henry to deliver his own twins, he immediately recognizes that one of them has Down Syndrome and makes a split-second decision that will haunt all their lives forever. He asks his nurse to take the baby away to an institution and to keep her birth a secret. Instead, she disappears into another city to raise the child as her own. Compulsively readable and deeply moving, "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" is an astonishing tale of redemptive love. BACKCOVER: ?Edwards is a born novelist. . . . Rich with psychological detail and the nuances of human connection.? ?"Chicago Tribune" ?Unfolds from an absolutely gripping premise, drawing you deeply and irrevocably into the entangled lives of two families and the devastating secret that shaped them both. I loved this riveting story.? ?Sue Monk Kidd ?Anyone would be struck by the extraordinary power and sympathy of "The Memory Keeper's Daughter."? ?"The Washington Post" ?Kim Edwards has written a novel so mesmerizing that I devoured it. . . . "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" has it all.? ?Sena Jeter Naslund ?Kim Edwards has created a tale of regret and redemption, of honest emotion, of characters haunted by their past. This is simply a beautiful book.? ?Jodi Picoult