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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780143037149
ISBN number: 0143037145
Label: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 432
Printing Date: May 30, 2006
Publishing house: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Sale Popularity Level: 345
Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Kim Edwardss stunning family drama evokes the spirit of Sue Miller and Alice Sebold, articulating every mothers 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 Keepers 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 Keepers Daughter.
The Washington Post
Kim Edwards has written a novel so mesmerizing that I devoured it. . . . The Memory Keepers 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
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As a mom of a little girl with Down syndrome I found this book extremely offensive. The author repeatedly used the phrase 'retarded' and portrayed Phoebe as a very outdated steroetype - chubby & short with a pudding bowl haircut, slow thick hard to understand speech etc. Times have changed, children with developmental delays are now having intensive early intervention therapy, attending mainstream schools etc. I hated this book, I really felt insulted on my daughters behalf.
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I was very disappointed in this book. The plot is intriguing and could be turned into a good book if the writing were more mature. I don't read romances but I think this should be classified as one. It reminds me of high school creative writing classes in which the teacher says "okay, you have the plot, now flesh it out with descriptive details." Immature writers include flat, boring details like "he smelled of soap and clean oil," representative of so many of the dull descriptions in this novel. Those details always seem to be stuck in there just because there needed to be some descriptive details, as if a computer could have stuck them in without any passion or feeling for the characters or story. The editors really should have required many, many more rewrites. Pass on this one.
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This is one of the most intriguing books that I have read in a very long time. The doctor, who is the title figure, becomes one of the saddest people that I can remember in any novel. His decision to give up one of his twins at birth haunts him throughout his life and he continually searches for her. You feel sorry for him but can't help wondering why he doesn't confess what he did to his wife so that he can do an open search for her. The other twin, his son, would also have an opportunity to know his sister from an earlier age. You simply can't help putting yourself in this man's place and wondering what you would do in his stead. A very good book for anyone to read.
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I've heard many comments about this book and every one was true. I loved it!! The characters and their lives were so richly described, I could close my eyes and envision each and every one. I've recommended it to every one of my friends!!!
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This book is great when telling the two sided story of a set of twins seperated by a split second decision at birth
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