The Memory Keepers Daughter on Lifetime this Saturday night!
Posted by familysnows on 09 Apr 2008 at 3:42 pm | Tagged as: Down syndrome Awareness
A book that I really enjoyed reading was The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards. It was one of those novels that kept me up too late; I thoroughly enjoyed reading it!
This stunning novel begins on a winter night in 1964, when a blizzard forces Dr. David Henry to deliver his own twins. His son, born first, is perfectly healthy, but the doctor immediately recognizes that his daughter has Down syndrome. For motives he tells himself are good, he makes a split-second decision that will haunt all their lives forever. He asks his nurse, Caroline, to take the baby away to an institution. Instead, she disappears into another city to raise the child as her own. Compulsively readable and deeply moving, The Memory Keeper’s Daughter is a brilliantly crafted story of parallel lives, familial secrets, and the redemptive power of love. (synopsis from author’s web site)
So read the book, tune into the movie and enjoy a great story.







