The Memory Keeper's Daughter

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

Rezension:

"Edwards is a born novelist....The Memory Keeper's Daughter is rich with psychological detail and the nuances of human connection. [An] extraordinary debut."
-Chicago Tribune

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

"Absolutely mesmerizing."
-Sue Monk Kidd

"Kim Edwards has created a tale of regret and redemption... you have to reread the passages just to be captivated all over again . . . simply a beautiful book."
-Jodi Picoult

"Kim Edwards writes with great wisdom and compassion.... This is a wonderful, heartbreaking, heart-healing novel."
-Luanne Rice

"A heart-wrenching book, by turns light and dark, literary and suspenseful."
-Library Journal

"A gripping novel, beautifully written."
-Ursula Hegi
"Gripping from its start. Highly accomplished."
-The Guardian (UK)

"A remarkable achievement. [Kim Edwards has] clearly hit a nerve."
-The Independent (UK)

"Masterfully written...a compelling story that explores universal themes: the secrets we harbor, even from those we love; our ability to rationalize all manner of lies; and our fear that there will always be something unknowable about the people we love most."
-The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"I devoured it."
-Sena Jeter Naslund