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The Memory Keeper's Daughter | 
 enlarge | Author: Kim Edwards
Publisher: Amazon Remainders Account
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  842 reviews
Sales Rank: 103956
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Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 416
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 1.3
ASIN: B000EHRN2M
Publication Date: June 23, 2005
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Product Description
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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| Customer Reviews: Read 837 more reviews...
 Makes anyone think about life July 22, 2008
I really enjoyed this book. I have passed it to others who also feel the same. I have read this book over a year ago now and I still remember the characters and their dilemmas. It is rare that I will read a book more than once, this book is one that I could easily pick up again. If you want a book that is easy to read, but offers more than a simple story, this could be what you are looking for.
 I loved it! July 22, 2008
I loved this book. I did not want to put it down nor did I want it to end.
SO much better than the movie July 20, 2008
All I can say is the movie is a shameful representation of the book, and if you've seen it you should read the book just to do it justice. Well written and an easy read, I would recommend it.
 Blah blah BLAH July 19, 2008
The premise was very intriguing and the story started strong but, like someone else said, there was too much detail about stuff that I just did not care about and it got slow. Very slow. I skimmed a lot to get to the MEAT of the story. I'm sure there was a lot of symbolism that I missed because I did that. Oh well.
The author dropped the ball on a few things that could have made the story much more interesting. Like the notice in the newspaper about Phoebe's death. Shouldn't that have tipped off questioning from someone about the improper disposal of the body, or the lack of a death certificate? David was mad at Norah for doing that, and was obviously worried, but then we flash forward and... nothing happens.
I thought the Rosemary plotline was unnecessary and contrived. Bree's cancer was another thing that just didn't contribute to the story. And why throw France and Frederic and all that mess in too? Who cares? I didn't. It was in the way.
I also thought that there was a little too much overt anger towards David from Paul. I think it should have been quieter somehow... with more angst.
And it would have been much more interesting to me to have the truth about Phoebe come out while David was still alive.
I wasn't emotionally involved anymore by the time I turned the last page. I was looking forward to putting it down.
Good plot, too much detail July 14, 2008
The idea of this story grabbed me - the twin with Down's Syndrome being given away in secret - but the truth is one could have as much satisfaction reading the very beginning & the very end. The middle 80% is filled with details (Rosemary, all the camera details, affairs, Paul running away...) that are all just minor & boring details - yet they fill the book. Truthfully, I'm giving it 3 stars because I actually enjoyed reading it & could not wait to see what happens at the end & the writing is very good - but it's almost 2 1/2 stars because the only action in the book is in the beginning & the very end.
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