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 deci...
Kim Edwards’ captivating novel, The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, shows how one lie told on the spur of the moment, can greatly affect the lives of those around you. Nora’s labour starts during a snowstorm and her doctor can’t make it on time for the delivery. Her husband, Dr. David Henry, with the help...
30/10 - I really enjoyed this book. My favourite parts were the scenes when we followed Caroline and Phoebe's story. I'm writing this about a month after reading it and can't remember most of the details of the book, just that I enjoyed it.*Update 2014* I wrote this five years ago and am embarrassed...
May be the first time I don't have a shelf for a book (!). Plot is very interesting, it is very slow-paced, but as it was well written, it was not tedious. If I had to summarize the story it would take me a page and a half maybe. Twins separate at birth, she with Down's Syndrome and he healthy. Sh...
A 401 page slog. This book could have been half the length it is and we still would have got the point loud and clear. I was so prepared to enjoy this book. The premise sounded interesting: a father takes the heartbreaking decision to give away his baby daughter due to his inability to cope with t...
I read this book back in the summer of last year, and I am now finding that I need to explain my one-star rating. Here goes: I absolutely wanted to like this book. It has a really cool set up and I appreciate the intricate and different story lines that emerge. However, I just couldn't finish the bo...
It was just not very interesting. I did not like any of the characters and the writing was kind of repetitive and boring. My list of complaints is below:I found it unlikely that Caroline would call the clinic the day after the twins birth and not admit to having been there; certainly David might ha...
This book deserves a 5-star without the hot sexy lead character, without the romantic sides but at how it encompasses life and the bitter end of everything. I've read this almost a year ago but, after all this time, I remember every little point of the story, this book had really been outstanding fo...
The story of Norah and David Henry begins in the early 60's with so much promise. Norah and David, a young doctor with dreams to cure and change the world, are expecting their first child. As fate would have it, Norah goes into labor early on a cold and snowy night. Unfortunately, with the blizzard ...
AuthorKim Edwards grew up in Skaneateles, New York, in the heart of the Finger Lakes region. The oldest of four children, she graduated from Colgate University and the University of Iowa, where she received an MFA in Fiction and an MA in Linguistics. After completing her graduate work, she went with...
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