The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards

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's 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.


The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Well...I started reading this book only because I didnt have any other book and I had to pass my time in my holidays. I thought when I borrow the next book from my library or buy a new book from the bookstore, I'll leave this book to be read some other time.
But when I started reading it, I got so engrossed in it that I had to take this book to some functions and read them there!
Even when I borrowed a book from the library, I didnt feel like reading this book some other time.
The first part gets a bit boring when its all about Dr. David Henry and his wife waiting for the nine months to get over and thinking about the days when they first met.
The story is set in the years from 1964 to 1989. In these twenty - some years, Kim Edwards is able to tell the different lives each and every character leads in the story and the story of two families together: The family of Dr. David Henry and the family of his nurse, Caroline Gill.
As the story keeps on getting deeper, it keeps on getting more interesting. Edwards tells the readers what goes on in the minds of the teenagers.
Overall, the book is really interesting with a pinch of tragedy, even though it ends in a happy note. My advice to everyone who will read this book will be that read it when you are totally free and nothing else is nagging you at the back of your mind. As you need full concentration to enjoy this book. And to enjoy this book will be like experiencing heaven itself.


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