The Memory Keeper's Daughter

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The Memory Keeper's Daughter is a novel by American author Kim Edwards that tells the story of a man who gives away his newborn daughter, who has Down syndrome, to one of the nurses. Published by Viking Press in June 2005, the novel garnered great interest via word of mouth in the summer of 2006 and placed on the New York Times Paperback Bestsellers List. The novel was adapted into a television film and premiered on Lifetime Television on April 12, 2008.

Description

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. When his daughter is born, he sees immediately that she has Down's syndrome. Rationalizing it as a need to protect his wife, Henry asks the nurse to take the girl away to an institution and never to reveal the secret. Unable to leave the infant, she disappears into another city to raise the child herself. So begins a beautifully told story that unfolds over a quarter of a century — in which two families, ignorant of each other, are yet bound by the fateful decision made that long-ago winter night. --back cover

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• The Memory Keeper's DaughterPaperbackLarge Print Press2010-01-01
• The Memory Keeper's DaughterHardcoverViking2005-01-01
• The memory keeper's daughterThorndike Press2005-01-01
• The Memory Keepers Daughter CDHarperAudio2005-01-01
• The Memory Keeper's Daughter Doubleday Large Print Home Library EditionHardcoverPenquin2005-01-01
• The Memory Keeper's DaughterLibrary BindingPerfection Learning2006-05-30