The Memory Keeper's Daughter
by Kim Edwards
Taste attributes: dramafamilyfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipinjustice/tragedy/vengeancehuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeEmotional and heavy: a morally murky novel. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.4 / 5
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About This Book
The Memory Keeper's Daughter is a novel by American author Kim Edwards that tells the story of a man who gives away his newborn daughter, who has Down syndrome, to one of the nurses. Published by Viking Press in June 2005, the novel garnered great interest via word of mouth in the summer of 2006 and placed on the New York Times Paperback Bestsellers List.
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- Author
- Kim Edwards
- Published
- 2005
- Pages
- 414
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