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Kim Edwards's stunning family drama evokes the spirit of Sue Miller and Alice Sebold, articulating every mother's silent fear: what would happen if you lost your child and she grew up without you? In 1964, when a blizzard forces Dr. David Henry to deliver his own twins, he immediately recognizes that one of them has Down Syndrome and makes a split-second decision that will haunt all their lives forever. He asks his nurse to take the baby away to an institution and to keep her birth a secret. Instead, she disappears into another city to raise the child as her own. Compulsively readable and deeply moving, The Memory Keeper's Daughter is an astonishing tale of redemptive love. BACKCOVER: “Edwards is a born novelist. . . . Rich with psychological detail and the nuances of human connection.”
—Chicago Tribune

“Unfolds from an absolutely gripping premise, drawing you deeply and irrevocably into the entangled lives of two families and the devastating secret that shaped them both. I loved this riveting story.”
—Sue Monk Kidd

“Anyone would be struck by the extraordinary power and sympathy of The Memory Keeper's Daughter.”
—The Washington Post

“Kim Edwards has written a novel so mesmerizing that I devoured it. . . . The Memory Keeper's Daughter has it all.”
—Sena Jeter Naslund

“Kim Edwards has created a tale of regret and redemption, of honest emotion, of characters haunted by their past. This is simply a beautiful book.”
—Jodi Picoult

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We have a confession to make. At the Discover program, we have a rule against "discovering" an author twice. But somehow, when it came to Kim Edwards's first novel, literary amnesia set in and we promptly forgot that eight years ago, we'd discovered her debut short-story collection, The Secrets of a Fire King. A Freudian slip? Perhaps, as her new book is all about memory…

"Photography is all about secrets," says David Henry. "The secrets we all have and will never tell." The price we pay for such secrets is what drives the action Edwards's wholly absorbing novel. It opens during a snowstorm in 1962, when David's young wife, Norah, goes into labor prematurely. When the storm prevents her obstetrician from attending the birth, David and his nurse, Caroline, must handle it themselves. Caroline puts Norah to sleep -- a standard practice then -- and David delivers an unanticipated set of twins. The baby boy is healthy; the second child, a baby girl, has Down syndrome.

Haunted by the memory of growing up with a chronically ill sister, David makes a split-second decision. He asks Caroline to take his infant daughter to an institution, and when Norah wakes, he tells her that the second child was stillborn. The right decision? Clearly not, yet David fervently believes he's chosen the best course of action. But his decision has a ripple effect that will last throughout his life, touching the lives of others.

A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, Edwards has written a novel both delightful and sad. Spanning 25 years, The Memory Keeper's Daughter carries the powerful message that regardless of what we do, our past never stops haunting our future. (Fall 2005 Selection)

Publishers Weekly

Edwards's assured but schematic debut novel (after her collection, The Secrets of a Fire King) hinges on the birth of fraternal twins, a healthy boy and a girl with Down syndrome, resulting in the father's disavowal of his newborn daughter. A snowstorm immobilizes Lexington, Ky., in 1964, and when young Norah Henry goes into labor, her husband, orthopedic surgeon Dr. David Henry, must deliver their babies himself, aided only by a nurse. Seeing his daughter's handicap, he instructs the nurse, Caroline Gill, to take her to a home and later tells Norah, who was drugged during labor, that their son Paul's twin died at birth. Instead of institutionalizing Phoebe, Caroline absconds with her to Pittsburgh. David's deception becomes the defining moment of the main characters' lives, and Phoebe's absence corrodes her birth family's core over the course of the next 25 years. David's undetected lie warps his marriage; he grapples with guilt; Norah mourns her lost child; and Paul not only deals with his parents' icy relationship but with his own yearnings for his sister as well. Though the impact of Phoebe's loss makes sense, Edwards's redundant handling of the trope robs it of credibility. This neatly structured story is a little too moist with compassion. Agent, Geri Thoma. (July) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

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This is a haunting, tragic, and distressing family tale, an enthralling page-turner primarily because it centers on an abysmal act by one individual that affects everyone for whom he cares. David Henry leads the perfect life; he's an orthopedic surgeon married to a wonderful, beautiful woman. It is 1964, and there's a terrible snowstorm in Lexington, KY, when his wife goes into labor. The bad weather keeps Norah's ob/gyn from making it to the hospital, so her husband, along with his nurse, Caroline Gill, decides to deliver the baby in his clinic. Under sedation, Norah gives birth to a healthy boy. As David is thrilled by the birth of his son, Norah starts to have more contractions. He quickly sedates her again, and she gives birth to a girl with Down syndrome. Wanting to protect Norah and feeling she would not be able to cope with a mentally challenged child, David gives the baby to Caroline and asks her to place her in an institution and never reveal their secret. The novel, read by Martha Plimpton, is told through different characters' points of view, moving from one person's thoughts to another, always keeping the secret at the center of the story. The Memory Keeper's Daughter, while ultimately hopeful, tells much of the dark side of human understanding and relationships. Recommended.-Carol Stern, Glen Cove P.L., NY Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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ISBN-13: 9780143037149
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Publication date: 5/30/2006
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 448
Sales rank: 32,354
Product dimensions: 5.11 (w) x 8.24 (h) x 0.81 (d)

Meet the Author

Kim Edwards

Although she published an award-winning short-story collection called The Secrets of a Fire King in 1997, Kim Edwards didn’t have any aspirations of becoming a novelist. That is, until a pastor told her a remarkable story that haunted her until she adapted it into The Memory Keeper’s Daughter.

Biography

In the late ‘90s, Edwards was making a major splash on the literary scene. Her recently published short story collection would soon be pegged for a Whiting Award and the Nelson Algren Award, and would also be an alternate for the PEN/Hemingway Award. Around this charmed time, Edwards heard a story that would ultimately propel her toward a career as a bestselling novelist.

"A few months after my story collection, The Secrets of a Fire King, was published, one of the pastors of the Presbyterian church I'd recently joined said she had a story to give me," she explained in an interview on the Penguin Group web site. "It was just a few sentences, about a man who'd discovered late in life that his brother had been born with Down syndrome, placed in an institution at birth, and kept a secret from his family, even from his own mother, all his life. He'd died in that institution, unknown. I remember being struck by the story even as she told it, and thinking right away that it really would make a good novel. It was the secret at the center of the family that intrigued me. Still, in the very next heartbeat, I thought: Of course, I'll never write that book."

Despite Edwards's quick dismissal of the idea, it would not unhand her. She let several years slip by without going to work on the story, but she never forgot it. When she was invited to run a writing workshop for mentally disabled adults, the experience affected Edwards so profoundly that she started mulling over the pastor's story more seriously. It would be another year before Edwards actually began working on The Memory Keeper's Daughter, but once she did, she found that it came quickly and surprisingly well-developed.

In The Memory Keeper's Daughter, a man named David discovers that his newly born son is in fine health, but the child's twin sister is stricken with Down Syndrome. So, the distraught father, who harbors painful memories of his own sister's chronic illness, makes a quick but incredibly difficult decision: he asks the attending nurse to take his daughter to an institution where she might receive better care. Although he tells his wife that the child was stillborn, David's decision goes on to affect the lives of himself and his wife for the following 25 years.

Haunting, dramatic, and moving, The Memory Keeper's Daughter went on to become a big seller and a critical favorite. The Library Journal hailed it as "an enthralling page-turner" and Kirkus reviews declared that Edwards "excels at celebrating a quiet wholesomeness..."

Now that Edwards has broken into novel-writing in a big way, she is hard at work on her follow up to her smash debut. "I have begun a new novel, called The Dream Master," she says. "It's set in the Finger Lakes area of upstate New York where I grew up, which is stunningly beautiful, and which remains in some real sense the landscape of my imagination. Like The Memory Keeper's Daughter, this new novel turns on the idea of a secret -- that seems to be my preoccupation as a writer -- though in this case the event occurred in the past and is a secret from the reader as well as from the characters, so structurally, and in its thematic concerns, the next book is an entirely new discovery."

Good To Know

Although Edwards had been interested in writing ever since she was a little girl, she didn't actually write her first story "Cords" until she was in a fiction workshop while attending Colgate University.

Among the many fans that Edwards has won with The Memory Keeper's Daughter is beloved novelist Sue Monk Kidd (The Secret Life of Bees), who said of Edwards's first novel, "I loved this riveting story with its intricate characters and beautiful language."

Some interesting outtakes from our interview with Edwards:

"My first job was in a nursing home -- a terrible place in retrospect. It was in an old house, and the residents were so lonely. People rarely visited them. I only stayed there a couple of months, but it made a strong impression on me. Just before I left I went to get one woman for dinner, and discovered that she had died -- a powerful experience when you're 17."

"Though my stories aren't autobiographical, I do sometimes use things from my life. ‘The Way It Felt to be Falling,' a story from my collection The Secrets of a Fire King, uses sky-diving as a metaphor. Like my character, I did jump out of the first plane I ever flew in. It was an amazing experience, but I've never had the urge to do it again."

"One of my greatest times of inspiration is when I'm traveling or living in a new country-there's a tremendous freedom that comes from being unfettered by your own, familiar culture, and by seeing the world from a different point of view. "

"I love to swim, and I love being near water.

1. Hometown:
  
  Lexington, Kentucky
1. Date of Death:
  
  1958
1. Education:
  
  A.A., Cayuga Community College; B.A., Colgate University; M.F.A., Iowa Writers' Workshop; M.A., University of Iowa
2. Website:
  
  http://www.memorykeepersdaughter.com

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Anonymous

Posted August 7, 2008

What type of book are you looking for?

I've read a lot of people being disappointed in this book and then some who loved it. It all depends on what your looking for. The book was not what I was looking for but it was still a good book. I read to escape every day life and disappointments and this book puts you in real life. It was very sad and depressing to see how lies and regrets will affect your future. I was crying by the time the book was done. Don't get me wrong its a good story but very sad and depressing.

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Anonymous

Posted August 14, 2008

I Hated It

Wow, where do I start? This book was incredibly dull, and I dreaded having to read it, but I was determined to finish it, hoping that it would finally get interesting. What a letdown. It started off very good and then as the years progressed, and Norah kept whining about the loss of a child that she didn't even know she had, mind you - she had no clue she even had a second child until her husband told her - I could understand grieving for a little bit after the fact, but 20 years later, get over it. I felt the emotions were contrived, as if the author was trying to coax empathy from the reader, and it just wasn't happening. I hated the parents and when the book focused on them, because it just dragged and went nowhere. I did enjoy the Caroline/Phoebe story-line a bit more, but overall, this book was one major snooze-fest. The plot had so much potential to become a fantastic read, but unfortunately, Kim Edwards killed it with lame characters, and way too many metaphors. It was just awful.

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1Katherine1

Posted September 8, 2009

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WORTH THE READ

The Memory Keeper's Daughter is a book that should be savored. Each paragraph is awash in beautiful imagery and the phrasing is glorious. I found myself rereading paragraphs to fully appreciate the imagery.
The story is heart-wrenching. I have found myself with a new insight into people suffering from Down's Syndrome. I will never look at them in the same way again.
The characters are real, and the reader can feel the anguish, joy, heartache and struggles that can be the result of one decision made on one night. At any moment, we can experience a moment that can change our lives forever.
A must read!

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vlf1493

Posted January 18, 2010

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Excellent book! If you're looking for a heart-tugging novel which pulls you into the emotional whirlwind of the character's lives, this is the book for you.

The ink spilling out of an author's pen, spreading on a blank piece of paper, fresh, spontaneous, like the accidental pattern footprints make on the clean slate that is a sandy shore. Each individual pairs up words with their own finesse, secretly wishing a successful outcome. American author Kim Edwards excels in her first novel "The memory keeper's daughter" in more ways than one. With the intriguing plot, mesmerizing descriptiveness and as a whole the heartwarming message the story leaves behind.
David Henry, a work-driven doctor has the miraculous ability and luck to deliver his own twins from the love of his life, Norah. When the second baby, a girl, is delivered, due to his lucid knowledge on medicine, he instantly realizes the peculiar features which make her fit into the category of a baby with down syndrome. With the intention of sparing her wife the pain, he gives it to the nurse Caroline and tells her to take her to an institute for mentally challenged children, planning to tell Norah the baby girl was a still birth. When Caroline arrives to the institute, she makes the decision of keeping the baby, Phoebe, due to the pitiful conditions of the institute. This turn Caroline takes leads to every possible problem that could have ever been thought of.
From the very first page of this best selling novel, I was captured by the story, feeling and anticipating what each character was going through. With the plot revolving around such a delicate subject, children with Down syndrome, the powerful, emotional blizzard the author strikes us with is inevitable. Another key element that propels this book is the change in character perspective the author lets us perceive. With the conflict having two completely different angles, through perspective alternation we get to live beside different characters struggling with different aspects of one same problem. This novel also helps us as the readers, get the flexibility of supporting whichever side of the conflict we best relate with, not only with what the usual one-voice narrator or speaker is expressing.
I also praise Kim Edwards greatly for her incredible vocabulary. The way she uses words to drown the reader in her story is impressive and not very common in novels. While reading the back of my book before actually starting to read it, I noticed how all the reviews from the most acknowledged sources esteemed Edward's way of describing to the finest detail each aspect, character, setting and situation of her story. She proved them right, and satisfied my expectations.
Last but not least I can't ignore the deep message this novel conveys. From beginning to end the story circles around this one innocent little girl, tagged by society as a mongoloid, or a child suffering from Down syndrome. With David, the main character and her father, giving her away, various conflicts appear as a domino effect, deceit, affairs, redemption, secrets and more. The resolution to all this conflict leads to the simple lesson of love before interest.
In conclusion, I recommend this phenomenal piece of work to all in search of a thrilling novel full of emotion, description and intriguing moments. Kim Edwards' way of writing is hypnotic. I assure anyone who succumbs to reading it will not be disappointed.

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Anonymous

Posted January 5, 2009

Disappointed

I found this to be a very slow read. Too many metaphors, far too many detailed and superfluous descriptions, in my opinion. The characters were OK, but my favorites who seemed to have the most life, were Caroline and Phoebe. Also, in a few instances, I had a sense of what was going to happen. After awhile it became a drudgery and I wanted to finish it just to finish it!

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Anonymous

Posted July 31, 2011

Why so many mixed reviews?

It's a New York Times Bestseller and yet I'm seeing people give it four starts and some only one star. If it's a bestseller you should trust that it's good. It's at least worth giving a try.

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Anonymous

Posted October 27, 2008

A Picture of The Heart by Emilie

The Memory Keeper¿s Daughter by Kim Edwards is a book that will keep you in suspense the whole time you read it. By the end you will be left with a satisfying feeling.
It starts out with a birth and rejection. Dr. David Henry delivers his on baby. Then he realizes that there is another baby coming. After the second child is born Dr. Henry sends her with his nurse Caroline to an institution. But here¿s the kicker. Caroline doesn¿t leave her there. She names her Phoebe and takes her to live in Lexington. All the while Norah doesn¿t even have a clue that her daughter is alive and somewhat well. Phoebe was sent away due to her having Downs Syndrome. It¿s a sad, sad world. Norah was told that she died at birth.
Now I know what you¿re thinking. Why in the world would a father do that to his child, his wife, his home? He better have a reason or something right. Well, this is going to sound bad, but he did. He had a sister who died when she was 12 years old. He didn¿t want his family to go through that again after knowing the child to watch her suffer. It sounds so cruel. I could not imagine doing that or having someone do that to me.
David never tells his wife about it until the relationship is over. They are no longer talking to each other. Norah has many affairs with other men and David takes up photography as a hobby. He takes lots of pictures all the time.
When reading this novel a saw the monster David was. But as it went along I saw that he was only doing what he thought was right. It¿s weird to admit that but I did. He just went about it the wrong way. I also saw how much Caroline loved Phoebe. There is doubt about that. And later Al loves the two girls also. David¿s son Paul wants his dad to suffer. Why else would he go against his wishes and go into music.
The Memory Keeper¿s Daughter has different themes. There is the whole don¿t lie it comes back to haunt you thing. But there are so many more. There is do what¿s right when you don¿t know what to do. There is be you and not what others think or want you to be. Don¿t just try to find one and only one in everything you read. It¿s too hard to do.
The only problem I had with reading this book was the absence of dialogue. David and Norah talked but it was difficult to figure it out. Otherwise the narrator just told us what was going on in their minds and not what they say.
The title was a mystery to me when I started to read. I thought at first it was an old wise man telling the story about his daughter. Boy was I wrong. I realized it was David and the tale of his inner struggle of his daughter that he hasn¿t been around. That doesn¿t make it The Memory Keeper¿s Daughter. But if you recall the Valentines Day dinner that Norah had made for David and the gift that she bought. It was a camera. A Memory Keeper to be exact. The same camera that David took all of his pictures.

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Anonymous

Posted August 4, 2008

Too long and drawn out!

I don't know why all novels these days have to be between 350 and 400 pages long. This story definitely could've been told in fewer pages. I almost didn't finish it because I was getting bored. The ending was disappointing, not worth the wait.

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NDQuilter

Posted December 17, 2011

Highly Recommend

I though this was a very good read. Well worth the time. We read it for a book club choice.

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8631786

Posted August 26, 2011

Great book

I really liked the way this read. She is a very descriptive author.

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Rachel3989

Posted July 23, 2010

Just okay

All in all, I didn't like this book nor dislike it. It was just okay. I feel like it never really reached a climax, that it just ran on and on about the Henry-characters day to day lives and the horrible events that happened to them. I ended up very much disliking Norah. On the other hand, I did like the parts of the book that were about Caroline, Phoebe, and Al; however, I suppose it was unrealistic how well their lives turned out. I might recommend this book to a friend who enjoys reading anything, but not someone who's just looking for a good, simple read as it can get boring.

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Mally29

Posted June 19, 2010

I loved this book

I really enjoyed this book. The characters were well developed and the story line really drew me in. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a good read.

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GardenerGal

Posted May 18, 2010

Just Be Truthful

When I read there were such rave reviews from other authors, plus the interesting story plot, I found myself interested but greatly disappointed by the same uniqueness. It was an absolute chore to read, although Edwards definitely made her point through the unhappiness portrayed at every turn. I felt the contrasted family other than "The Henry's" was too unrealistic, and sometimes pained me on how "perfect" things worked out for them. I didn't feel pity for any of the characters and absolutely hated Mrs. Henry throughout the book. The walk-away message: "just be truthful with each other & oneself". I can foresee how different people can maybe look through different eyes at every situation presented in this book though, so I do recommend it as a book club book, (and it luckily has a guide in the back). Why it's called "The Memory Keepers Daughter" is beside me as her role was more passive than focal. As you can see, what you see is NOT what you get from this book. If you're between reading this book and another: choose the other.

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panda_j

Posted December 8, 2009

Best book ever!!!

I like this book. Especially is the author' s profound writing to describe the difference in the twin's life. The book leaps from that moment to other parallel moments in the lives of Paul and his sister,Phoebe who has Down's Syndrome, and those involved in the choices that made those lives so very different.It can be a true story about the family that has the Down's Syndrome member, and it also talk about the discrimination with the Down's Syndrome.

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Kimmiee

Posted May 25, 2009

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Rather Disappointed

The plot seemed promising and interesting, but after completing this novel I felt utterly depressed. I do enjoy a novel with realistic tones about life, however this one seemed to go nowhere.

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natalie_vee

Posted January 2, 2009

the most moving book i have read

The idea of this book was astonishing. I could not imagine such a thing until I picked it up. Once in my hands, I was unable to put it down. By far, one of the best things I have ever read (and I am an avid reader). Sad and touching, this is a must read!

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Anonymous

Posted October 6, 2008

Memorable Story

Recently, I read this book.I really liked the story.Some places are a bit boring but its a pretty good book.

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Anonymous

Posted October 1, 2008

Not So Good

I heard a lot of good things about this book so I went out to get it but to my surprise it just wasn't what I thought it was going to be.It didn't keep me interested and I found myself getting bored and wanting to put it down.It was very long with not that much excitement when I finished the book I felt like I waisted my time.

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Anonymous

Posted February 8, 2012

Great book!

I couldn't put it down!
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Anonymous

Posted February 6, 2012

Sucked

Couldnt even finish
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WORTH THE READ

Excellent book! If you're looking for a heart-tugging novel which pulls you into the emotional whirlwind of the character's lives, this is the book for you.

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Why so many mixed reviews?

A Picture of The Heart by Emilie

Too long and drawn out!

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I loved this book

Just Be Truthful

Best book ever!!!

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the most moving book i have read

Memorable Story

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