The Memory Keeper's Daughter

by Kim Edwards

A father makes the split second decision to relinquish his newborn daughter upon realising she has Down's Syndrome. Unbeknownst to him, the nurse he entrusts to take his baby away to an institution instead disappears to another city to raise the child as her own. Compulsively readable and deeply moving, this is a brilliantly crafted story of parallel lives, familial secrets, and the redemptive power of love.

• ISBN10: 0670917095
• ISBN13: 9780670917099
• Publish Date: 3 October 2006 (first published 23 June 2005)
• Publish Status: Unknown
• Out of Print: 28 January 2010
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• Imprint: Viking
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 401
• Language: English

Reviews

[mitabird]

2.5 stars

[Whitney @ First Impressions Reviews]

There was so much hype when The Memory Keeper's Daughter came out. Between that and the catchy blurb I snatched it up. Unfortunately that is where any positive-thinking ended. It was formulaic,cliche and could easily have been a Lifetime Movie (which it later was adapted into). All in all, Kim Edward's novel is a prime example of why you shouldn't always buy into the hype.