
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
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Narrated by:
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Lorelei King
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By:
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Kim Edwards
About this listen
For though David's son is a healthy boy, his daughter has Down's syndrome. And, in a shocking act of betrayal whose consequences only time will reveal, he tells his wife their daughter died while secretly entrusting her care to a nurse. As grief quietly tears apart David's family, so a little girl must make her own way in the world as best she can.
©2005 Kim Edwards (P)2007 WF Howes LtdCritic reviews
A Richard and Judy Book Club selection.
THE MEMORY KEEPERS DAUGHTER.
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Superficially simplistic, meandering and at times unbearably slow, the analogy of the Doctor as a God with the fallibility of man, able to alleviate the pain of everyone except his nearest and dearest, works well. The rippling effect (over many decades) of a clinical judgment distorted by emotion is skillfully charted by the author.
Devoid of sentimentality, the depiction of the power of human love is masterful. With no personal experience of children affected by Down’s Syndrome, the vulnerability of Phoebe, albeit fictional, invoked thoughts and emotions never previously explored. With no tidy ending, many questions are left unanswered. This permits tendrils of the novel’s exploration of the human mind to linger long after the last word is spoken.
The Memory Keeper's Diary
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We follow the lives of the family members forever scarred by the false belief that their daughter/sibling is dead. The reader is left to fight with conflicting emotions regarding the father's decision and the resulting torments inflicted on all the characters involved.
Sad, but engrossing
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A moving story
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Average at best
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