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Key Information
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| Authors: |
Kim Edwards |
| Narrator: |
Martha Plimpton |
| Fiction Genre: |
Family & Relationships |
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Format: Hardcover, 401
Publisher: Penguin Group USA (June 23, 2005)
Measurements: 9.5"(h) x 6.75"(w) x 1.25"(d), 1.4 lbs.
ISBN: 9780670034161 |
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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.<p>But Caroline, the nurse, cannot leave the infant. Instead, she disappears into another city to raise the child herself. So begins this beautifully told 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.<p>A brilliantly crafted, stunning debut, <i>The Memory Keeper's Daughter</i> explores the way life takes unexpected turns, and how the mysterious ties that hold a family together help us survive the heartache that occurs when long-buried secrets burst into t |
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