Memory Keeper's Daughter - Hardcover

Edwards, Kim

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670034169 ISBN 13: 9780670034161

Publisher: Viking Pr, 2005

Synopsis

In a tale spanning twenty-five years, a doctor delivers his newborn twin daughter during a snowstorm and, rashly deciding to protect his wife from the baby's affliction with Down Syndrome, turns her over to a nurse, who secretly raises the child. A first novel. 40,000 first printing.

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Review:

Crafted with language so lovely you have to reread the passages just to be captivated all over again . . . this is simply a beautiful book (Jodi Picoult)

I loved this riveting story with its intricate characters and beautiful language (Sue Monk Kidd, author of the best-selling The Secret Life of Bees)

From the Publisher:

Kim Edwards's stunning family drama articulates every parent's
silent fear: what would happen if you lost your child and she grew up
without you? Compulsively readable and deeply moving, 'The Memory Keeper's
Daughter' is an astonishing tale of redemptive love that will touch the
hearts of readers everywhere.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Pr
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0670034169
• ISBN 13: 9780670034161
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 401