The Memory Keeper's Daughter

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...