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
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。
有个故事说,有个人挖了一个洞,然后说出了一个秘密,日后,这个地方长出了一棵大树,只要摘下一片叶子吹,它就会发出声音 -- - - - - “国王长着驴耳朵”。 呃- - - ,好吧,我们要讲的不是这个故事。 如果我们种的是一颗向日葵种子,那我们收获的,应该是金灿灿的阳光,以及...
评分有个故事说,有个人挖了一个洞,然后说出了一个秘密,日后,这个地方长出了一棵大树,只要摘下一片叶子吹,它就会发出声音 -- - - - - “国王长着驴耳朵”。 呃- - - ,好吧,我们要讲的不是这个故事。 如果我们种的是一颗向日葵种子,那我们收获的,应该是金灿灿的阳光,以及...
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...
评分村上春树说,小说家就是职业的说谎家,只是小说家能够把真相带到新的地方并赋予它新的光彩。看完《不存在的女儿》才理解这句话。我总是没有耐心去看虚构的东西,但封面上那个白色的蕾丝小衫柔弱而静谧,让人忍不住去抚一抚。一个深夜里终于把书翻到末尾,一些小小的总结式的高...
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...
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