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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's Syndrome. Rationalizing it as a need to protect Norah, his wife, he makes a split-second decision that will alter all of their lives forever. He asks his nurse to take the baby away to an institution and never to reveal the secret. But 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. A brilliantly crafted, stunning debut, The Memory Keeper's Daughter explores the way life takes unexpected turns, and how the mysterious ties that hold a family together help us survive the heartache that occurs when long-buried secrets burst into the open. Performed by Martha Plimpton
著者簡介
金·愛德華茲：生於德州，長於紐約，現為肯德基大學英文係助理教授，常於各地舉辦寫作工作坊，著有短篇小說集《火王的秘密》。《不存在的女兒》是她齣版的第一部長篇小說。
她是美國各大文學奬項的常勝客。2002年她獲得懷丁基金會的懷丁作傢奬(Whiting Award)，1998年則人選海明威文學奬。她還得過芝加哥論壇報舉辦的倪爾森愛格林奬(Nelson Algren Award)，全國雜誌奬(National Magazine Award)等等。
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