This novel begins on a winter night in 1964, when a blizzard forces Dr. David Henry to deliver his own twins. His son, born first, is perfectly healthy, but the doctor immediately recognizes that his daughter has Down syndrome. For motives he tells himself are good, he makes a split-second decision that will haunt all their lives forever. He asks his nurse, Caroline, to take the baby away to an institution. Instead, she disappears into another city to raise the child as her own. Compulsively readable and deeply moving, The Memory Keeper's Daughter is a story of parallel lives, familial secrets, and the redemptive power of love.
Still home sick, and spending most of my time reading. Once i start a book, i can't put it down. I read this book, like the last one, in two days. I wasn't too crazy about this book, but wanted to see how it ended.
