Tuesday, November 18, 2008

The Memory Keeper's Daughter



I was visiting the local bookstore a few weeks ago and this book was on the number one selling shelf. I decided to check it out and see what it was all about. I have just started reading it and I am halfway through. So far its very heartfelt. It takes place in the 1960's and over the next ten or so years. A doctor and his wife are expecting twins. They end up being snow bound and the doctor, (who is a foot doctor I believe) has to deliver his twins on his own with his nurse. As his wife is knocked out, he delivers a very healthy boy. His newborn daughter, however, has down syndrome. So he has his nurse take the baby girl to an institution. She can't bring herself to do so. Instead, she runs away and takes the baby girl with her and raises her as her own. What happens after that is anybody's guess. I am very excited to read this book. There is also a Lifetime movie and I can't wait to see it!

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