Memory Keeper's Daughter
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards is a very moving book. It is about a doctor, in the 1960's, who delivers his own twins and realizes one of them, his daughter, has Down's Syndrome. To save his wife from the grief he thinks she will feel, he gives his daughter to the attending nurse to take to a home for retarded people. She goes to the home and realizes it is an awful place, so she keeps the baby, hoping he will change his mind. The doctor, though, has told his wife that the baby died.
The story follows the doctor's family, and the nurse who decides to raise the child as her own in a different state. She periodically sends the doctor photos and brief messages, so he knows how his daughter is doing. The reader sees how the two children grow and the effects of that early decision on both their lives, as well as on the lives of the adults involved. The story deals with the pain of losing a child, and also the trials and joys of raising a child with special needs. It is very well written and a wonderful story.
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