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Liked It6 of 7 members found this review helpful “A wonderful impacting and emotional read, at least in my opinion. I normally don't enjoy books that make it high on the bestsellers list because a lot of time it's not my kind of fiction, but what I had heard of the book intrigued me enough to read it. |
Didn’t Like It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “It wasn't a bad book but there was a little too much black and white between the families for my taste. While David is the villain and you can see his fears and issues influencing him, the terrible decision he made ruins all his relationships...the is nothing that this one moment doesn't effect....” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Good story, interesting premise but somehow felt like more could have been done with moral dilemma.”
Robin B wrote this review 3 hours ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“A very interesting story, with a lot of sadness neatly woven into the characters lives. Is life really this sad - even after bad choices and sad turn of events ?
Nina V wrote this review 10 hours ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Very exciting - very interesting, but also a little tiring towards the end.”
“i loved it and i lived in ky for a while in lexington to be exact where the author kim edwards is a proffesor at the uk (univeristy of kentucky ) in this book they were talking about roads that actually still exsist today and loved it . ”
Catherine T wrote this review 19 hours ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I liked it,at times I wanted to just strangle the father”
Bobby wrote this review yesterday. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“A very good book it has a movie, which is not that bad, however i would recommend the book instead.”
Shelby B wrote this review 2 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Really Good so far!”
Katie D wrote this review 2 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“i wonder wat this is bout :(”
alyssa m wrote this review 3 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Kim Edward’s astonishing novel The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, has one of the most interesting subjects I have read in a long time. Whenever I would go to Target, I would walk by the book department and this book would catch my eye. I would usually pick it up, read the description, look at the number of pages, and put it right back down on the shelf. This time was different, I knew I wanted to read it and now was the perfect opportunity. I picked it up, read the back, glanced at the pages, and was headed toward the cashier.
Rachel K wrote this review 3 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter opens with an essential moment, one that will change the lives of all the characters forever. Being forced to deliver his own twins in a blizzard, Dr. David Henry immediately sees that while his son is healthy, his daughter has Down syndrome. He makes a quick decision to send his daughter off to an institution; meaning to spare his wife in what he believes will be many years of grief, he tells his wife that their daughter died. His nurse refuses to leave the infant in an institution and flees to Pittsburg where she raises the child on her own.
As a result from David Henry’s decision early on, it causes many different emotions to their entire family. “A moment might be a thousand different things” (215). A moment can be captured as a photograph and looked at in different views and perspectives. Different emotions, different energies, and different vibes. What one person sees may be something of another than another person sees.
A theme in The Memory Keeper’s Daughter is David Henry trying to separate himself from his sins and the resulting toll it takes on his family. He views everything through a camera lens, almost as if it was a buffer or screen from “real” life. With a camera, he constantly tries to distract himself from the pain he has caused and find the meaning in ordinary things.
The outcome of David Henry’s decision also affected his daughter and the nurse. The nurse never imagined becoming a mother. It all happened so fast that she had to adjust her lifestyle to fit the needs of her new daughter. “This was her life. Not the life she had once dreamed of, not a life her younger self would ever have imagined or desired, but the life she was living, with all in its complexities. This was her life, built with care and attention, and it was good” (253-254). Edwards did a wonderful job at displaying the two different lifestyles of David Henry’s and the nurse.
Kim Edwards grew up in Skaneateles, New York. The oldest of four children, she graduated from the University of Iowa. She and her husband taught in Asia. There, she began to write and publish short fiction. She has written about eight books which many of them have received an award. The Memory Keeper’s Daughter was rated as #1 New York Times Best Seller.
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter was written as clear and understandable. It had a wonderful subject that sparks the curiosity in the reader. It started as a slow read and progressively got better. I would recommend this book to almost anyone because Edwards does a wonderful job at showing different stories from different perspectives.
”“difficult to get into”
Mara S wrote this review 4 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The book is fine.It is too lengthy.I felt that it could have been cut short.After 200 pages one feels that it's over stretching. But the plot is really nice.The emotions and the lives of people are entwined with each other. A good in-depth in emotions novel.”
Nu wrote this review 6 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
