The Memory Keeper's Daughter tells the story of a man who gives away his newborn baby, who has Down syndrome to one of the nurses who helped deliver the baby and who has worked with the father, the doctor, at the clinic. For years, the father keeps the secret of his daughter - whom he tells his wife - the daughter died in birth. years and years later, the father dies and the nurse comes forward and tells the mother about the daughter who she has been taking care of all this time.
Honestly, this book was really hard for me to keep picking back up and reading. I am not sure really why that is. I had seen the book in bookstores and it had interested me - just the title and the cover image that was chosen for the book. I had not read a book by Kim Edwards before. The book's writing seemed detached for me. Not sure if it is because of the subject matter, that is just seemed too far out for me to be able to connect with it, or what. But then again, I think of the Twilight books, and other more outlandish books, and I had no trouble reading them and coming back for more. I would not read this book again. Though, after completing an image search for the book cover to show here, I saw that there was a movie made based on the book. I might have to check it out to see if it could offer me any more insight, or if I like it more than I did the book.
Well, they can't all be winners. So, that's my take!
-LD
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