Book Review : “The Memory Keeper’s Daughter” – Kim Edwards
This one was a little hard to get into. The story was interesting but the writing seemed a little uninspired. About halfway through, however, it became hard to put down and I finished the second half in a weekend. Not a very uplifting story, it’s about a couple who give birth to twins, one of which has Down syndrome. The husband, scared that his child will die young, decides to “save” the family from this grief and gives the daughter away, all the while telling his wife that this child died at birth. The story spans over twenty years and at times is frustrating and sad and at others happy, throughout bringing up issues that would touch any parent or person in a relationship.