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Book Review of The Memory Keeper's Daughter

The Memory Keeper's Daughter
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Story of a couple who has twins but one is mentally retarded and the Dad, a doctor, tells his wife, that twin died. The Dad tells the nurse to take her away to a home but instead the nurse keeps the child as her own. The story takes place in the 1960s where mentally retarded children were usually institutionalized. This story develops through the years as the twins grow under different circumstances and ends with the hidden secret being discovered by all. This is a very interesting and intriguing book.