The Memory Keeper's Daughter: A Novel by Kim Edwards

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Kim Edwards’s stunning family drama evokes the spirit of Sue Miller and Alice Sebold, articulating every mother’s silent fear: what would happen if you lost your child and she grew up without you? In 1964, when a blizzard forces Dr. David Henry to deliver his own twins, he immediately ... read more

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Cast of Characters/Important People

Dr. David Henry: Father, doctor, husband. Delivered his daughter and gave her away.
Norah Henry: Wife, mother of twins, sister to Bree.
Caroline Gill: Nurse, "adoptive" mother. Took care of Phoebe.
Phoebe: Daughter of Dr. David Henry and Norah Henry, sister(twin) to Paul. Was born with down-syndrome, was given away by her father.
Paul: Son of Dr. David Henry and Norah Henry, brother(twin) of Phoebe.
Bree: Sister of Norah, aunt of Pheobe and Paul

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“He found himself wanting to protect her instead, to carry her up flights of stairs, to wrap her in blankets, to bring her cups of custard. 'I'm not an invalid,' she protested each time, laughing. 'I'm not some fledgling you discovered on the lawn.'”
“He'd had tears in his eyes when he opened them, raising his head from the desk. The nurse was standing in the doorway, her face gentled by emotion. She was beautiful in that moment, half smiling, not at all the efficient woman who worked beside him so quietly and competently each day. Their eyes met, and it seemed to the doctor that he knew her - that they knew each other - in some profound and uncertain way.”