Carol H. reviewed on 1/17/2007 + 60 more book reviews

...begins on a winter night in 1964 when a blizzard forces Dr. David Henry to deliver his own twins. His son, born first, is perfectly healthy, but the doctor immediately recognizes hs daughter has Down Syndrome. For motives he tells himself are good, he makes a split-second decison that will haunt all their lives for ever. He asks his nurse, Caroline, to take the baby away to an institution. Instead, she disappears into another city to raise the child as her own. A deeply mving story and beautifully written..

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