具体描述
Kim Edwardss stunning family drama evokes the spirit of Sue Miller and Alice Sebold, articulating every mothers 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 recognizes that one of them has Down Syndrome and makes a split-second decision that will haunt all their lives forever. He asks his nurse to take the baby away to an institution and to keep her birth a secret. Instead, she disappears into another city to raise the child as her own. Compulsively readable and deeply moving, "The Memory Keepers Daughter" is an astonishing tale of redemptive love. BACKCOVER: Edwards is a born novelist. . . . Rich with psychological detail and the nuances of human connection. "Chicago Tribune" Unfolds from an absolutely gripping premise, drawing you deeply and irrevocably into the entangled lives of two families and the devastating secret that shaped them both. I loved this riveting story. Sue Monk Kidd Anyone would be struck by the extraordinary power and sympathy of "The Memory Keepers Daughter." "The Washington Post" Kim Edwards has written a novel so mesmerizing that I devoured it. . . . "The Memory Keepers Daughter" has it all. Sena Jeter Naslund Kim Edwards has created a tale of regret and redemption, of honest emotion, of characters haunted by their past. This is simply a beautiful book. Jodi Picoult
作者简介
金·爱德华兹：生于德州，长于纽约，现为肯德基大学英文系助理教授，常于各地举办写作工作坊，著有短篇小说集《火王的秘密》。《不存在的女儿》是她出版的第一部长篇小说。
她是美国各大文学奖项的常胜客。2002年她获得怀丁基金会的怀丁作家奖(Whiting Award)，1998年则人选海明威文学奖。她还得过芝加哥论坛报举办的倪尔森爱格林奖(Nelson Algren Award)，全国杂志奖(National Magazine Award)等等。
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快要看完了。这是一本写的很美的书，在阅读的过程中，我的脑海里不断的出现画面感。最令人惊异的是，往往在描写的第一句中，还未成像的，在读到接下来的第二句时，画面会突然扑面而来。比如，书里面有一处，讲诺拉身穿的裙子，第一句在讲，那是一条碎花的裙子，你会觉得，天下...
评分骨骼与亲情，有同等的秘密属性 于是 任何看这个故事的人，都会做一种徒劳的假设：假如没有那场大雪，妇产科医生如期而至，后来会发生什么？假如双胞胎生下后，接生护士不是卡罗琳，那会怎样？就算仍是卡罗琳，她没有承担下抚养唐氏症女婴的、自封的责任，又会怎样？假如生母诺...
评分那本来可以是夫妻一起去面对的事情。风雪之夜，年轻的妻子产下一子一女，儿子平安健康，女儿患有唐氏综合征（先天性弱智）。身为医生的丈夫叫人把女儿送走，骗妻子说只有儿子平安出世，女儿出生就死了。他以为这样就保护了妻子。妻子因失去一个孩子受到忧郁症的折磨，丈夫则被...
评分《不存在的女儿》看完已多时，当这本书在豆瓣大热时我不想多说什么。不想成为异己，去和追捧着较劲。当最初的热闹过后，在这夏日的晚上，静静的写下自己的读后感。 我非常同情男主人翁戴维，虽然悲剧是他一手造成的。我相信他在万难中决定送掉患唐氏综合症的菲比是出于...
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