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Author:

Edwards, Kim, 1958-

Title:

The memory keeper's daughter / Kim Edwards.

Publisher:

Penguin Group,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

733 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Twins.--Fiction.
Down Syndrome--Fiction.
Abandoned children.--Fiction.
Fathers and daughters.--Fiction.
Large type books.
Brothers and sisters.--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.

Summary:

On a winter night in Kentucky in 1964, an unexpected blizzard forces Dr. David Henry to deliver his own twins. David's intense joy in the birth of his perfect, healty son turns to despair when his daughter come into the world with an unmistakeable handicap. Wanting to save his adored wife, Norah, the grief and burden of raising such a child, David makes a decision that will alter all their lives forever. He askes a nurse, Caroline, a woman who worships him, to take the baby to an institution, begging her to keep his secret. He then tell Norah the child was born dead. Unable to abandon the baby, Caroline decides to raise her herself. And thought she and the little girl move to another city, David's secret will not stay buried forever.

ISBN:

0739456210
9780739456217

Locations:

WCPC115 -- Alta Community Library (Alta)

NDPD953 -- Forest City Public Library (Forest City)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

APPC546 -- Wilson Memorial Library (Keota)

NEPC953 -- Lake Mills Public Library (Lake Mills)

PEPC626 -- Stilwell Public Library (New Sharon)

XYPC787 -- Eckels Memorial Library (Oakland) — F Edw

MSPA553 -- Wesley Public Library (Wesley)