Judy H. (hart2hart) reviewed on 2/24/2007 + 711 more book reviews

This stunning novel begins on a winter night in 1964, when a blizzard forces Dr. David Henry to deliver his own tiwns. His son, born first, is perfectly healthy, but the doctor immediately recognizes that his daughter has Down syndrome. For motive he tells himself are good, he makes a split-second decision that will haunt all their lives forever. 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.

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