num_pages: 711
description: On a winter night in 1964, Dr. David Henry is forced by a blizzard to deliver his own twins. His son, born first, is perfectly healthy. Yet when his daughter is born, he sees immediately that she has Down syndrome. Rationalizing it as a need to protect Norah, his wife, he makes a split-second decision that will alter all their lives forever. He asks his nurse to take the baby away to an institution and never to reveal the secret. Bur Caroline, the nurse, cannot leave the infant. Instead, she disappears into another city to raise the child herself. So begins this beautifully told story that unfolds over a quarter of a century—in which these two families, ignorant of each other, are yet bound by the fateful decision made that long-ago winter night.(back cover)
language: English
title: The Memory Keeper's Daughter
titlecomplete: The Memory Keeper's Daughter
characters: Al, Bree, Phoebe, Dr. David Henry, Paul Henry, Norah Henry
genres: Fiction, Family, Book Club, Drama, Adult, Chick Lit, Novels, Contemporary, Adult Fiction, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 595635
places: Paris, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Lexington, Kentucky
publisher: Large Print Press