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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )The Memory Keeper's Daughter CDby: Kim Edwards  List Price: $19.95 Amazon.com's Price: $15.68 You Save: $4.27 (21%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: Audio CDDewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780060825805 Edition: Abridged Format: Abridged ISBN: 0060825804 Label: HarperAudio Manufacturer: HarperAudio Number Of Items: 9 Publication Date: June 28, 2005 Publisher: HarperAudio Release Date: June 28, 2005 Studio: HarperAudio Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: 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, she disappears into another city to raise the child herself. So begins this beautifully told story that unfolds over a quarter of a century in which these two families, ignorant of each other, are yet bound by the fateful decision made that long-ago winter night. A brilliantly crafted, stunning debut, The Memory Keeper's Daughter explores the way life takes unexpected turns, and how the mysterious ties that hold a family together help us survive the heartache that occurs when long-buried secrets burst into the open. Performed by Martha Plimpton Average Rating:
 Rating: - Good but a little longI liked the idea of this book, but the middle of the book was really long with not much action. Maybe a good book to read if you're short on ideas, but it's not going to keep you on the edge of your seat. Rating:  - A different time, a different way of lifeWasn't quite sure about the ending - I don't know if the wife would have made a different choice as she came across as a society wife to me. A good read though. Rating: - Interesting ReadI thought it was a pretty good read. It kept my attention the whole way and I felt attached to the characters. Interesting story line, not super original but pretty good. Rating: - Interesting and thought provoking readThis books seems to polarise those who read it - you either like it or you don't. I fall into the former category. The story of a fathers decision to give away his child with Downs and the effect it has on everyone from that day forward, I found to be interesting and well written, and worthy of the attention that this book has generated. It is not a book for everyone - it suited my tastes because I like very strong character driven books that cover a period of years and the changes ... Read More Rating:  - More than MemoriesKim Edwards has done more than tell a story in her novel The Memory Keeper's Daughter. She's captured perfectly the heartache caused by secrets kept and vows broken. What particularly impressed me by this author is how her characters are so vivid, so real in the way they live within the limitations of their own making. When Dr. Henry can't face the thought of having a "retarded" child, he does the unthinkable and sends it away, telling his wife Nora the baby has died. He cannot see the despair he has ... Read More 
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