Thursday, June 11, 2009

The Memory Keeper's Daughter...

Publisher :A Penguin Book
Author : Kim Edwards
Number of pages: 513
Price : RM17
Synopsis:
This stunning novel begins on a winter night in 1964, when a blizzard forces Dr. David Henry to deliver his own twins. His son, born first, is perfectly healthy, but the doctor immediately recognizes that his daughter has Down Syndrome. For motives he tells himself are good, he makes a split-second decision that will haunt all their lives forever. He asks his nurse, Caroline, to take the baby away to an institution. Instead, she disappears into another city to raise the child as her own. Compulsively readable and deeply moving, 'The Memory Keeper's Daughter' is a brilliantly crafted story of parallel lives, familiai secrets and the redemptive power of love.

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