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The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Author: Kim Edwards
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Publisher: HarperAudio
Book Type: Audio CD
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ISBN-13: 9780060825805 - ISBN-10: 0060825804


Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover, Hardcover

Book 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. Yet when his daughter is born, he sees immediately that she has Down's Syndrome. Rationalizing it as a need to protect Norah, his wife, he makes a split-second decision that will alter all of their lives forever. He asks his nurse to take the baby away to an institution and never to reveal the secret.

But Caroline, the nurse, cannot leave the infant. Instead, she disappears into another city to raise the child herself. So begins this beautifully told story that unfolds over a quarter of a century in which these two families, ignorant of each other, are yet bound by the fateful decision made that long-ago winter night.

A brilliantly crafted, stunning debut, The Memory Keeper's Daughter explores the way life takes unexpected turns, and how the mysterious ties that hold a family together help us survive the heartache that occurs when long-buried secrets burst into the open.

Performed by Martha Plimpton

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Top Member Book Reviews

L. G. (L) wrote on 4/7/2008...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

This is possibly one of *the* worst books I have ever read. Great premise - terrible storyline and execution. Not only is the writing marginal, but the author re-uses the same hokey imagery over and over "quicksilver child", "thin hair, held back with barettes". There is little redeeming about the characters, and the subplots are simply unbelievable. Don't waste a credit or your time on this one. If I were the publisher, I'd be embarrassed.

Sara D. (eggssum) wrote on 11/7/2006...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

I enjoyed this CD set very much. The story of how a single moment and a single decision can change the course of your life, of many lives. Very good.


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Margaret F. (listen) wrote on 8/28/2009...


Very good audio cd. It is abridged but it is 9 cds,11 hours (not 6 cds as another reviewer stated), so the story does not seem chopped.

Tracey W. wrote on 12/31/2008...


Well read version of the popular book. Abridged to 11 hours to fit on 6 CDs, but far more detailed than the film version.

Jacquie M. (jacquiemeck) wrote on 8/18/2008...


A great heart wrenching tear jerker!


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