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On a winter night in 1964, Dr. David Henry is forced by a blizzard to deliver his own twins. His son, born first, is perfectly healthy. When his daughter is born, he sees immediately that she has Down's syndrome. Rationalizing it as a need to protect his wife, Henry asks the nurse to take the girl away to an institution and never to reveal the secret. Unable to leave the infant, she disappears into another city to raise the child herself. So begins a beautifully told story that unfolds over a quarter of a century — in which two families, ignorant of each other, are yet bound by the fateful decision made that long-ago winter night.
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women, women's fiction, literary fiction, Fathers and daughters, Twins, Brothers and sisters, Abandoned children, Down syndrome, Fiction, Familien, Børn, Handicappede børn, Downs syndrom, Psychological fiction, Literature, Domestic fiction, Custody of children, Parent and child, Separation (Psychology), Suspense, Separación (Psicología), Novela psicológica, Novela doméstica, Padres e hijos, Ficción, Kentucky, fiction, Fiction, family life, Fiction, psychological, Parent and child, fiction, Literary, Family Life, Parent-child relationship, Child custody, Large type books, Fiction, family life, general, Parents et enfants, Romans, nouvelles, Séparation (Psychologie), Garde des enfants (Droit)People
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The memory keeper's daughterThe Memory Keeper's Daughter
2015, Penguin Books
Paperback
in English
- Penguin by hand edition (001)
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L'Enfant de tous les silences
2011-02, Belfond, LGF, Distribooks Inc
Mass Market Paperback
in French
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter
2010, Large Print Press
Paperback
in English
- Large print edition (8)
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter
2010, Penguin Books
Paperback
in English
- Reissued
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Die Tochter des Fotografen: Roman
2008, Aufbau Taschenbuch
Paperback
in German
- 8. Auflage
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter
2008, Penguin Group USA, Inc.
Electronic resource
in English
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L'enfant de tous les silences
2008-05, Editions France Loisirs
Hardcover
in French
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter
2008, Charnwood
Hardcover
in English
- 1st Charnwood Edition
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter
2007, Penguin Books
Paperback
in English
- printing (001)
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Córka opiekuna wspomnień
2007-03, Videograf II
Paperback
in Polish
- Wyd. 1.
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter
2007, Penguin Books
Paperback
in English
- 5th printing
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不存在的女兒: The Memory Keeper's Daughter
2007, Ma ma wen hua shi ye gu fen you xian gong si
Paperback
in Chinese
- Chu ban
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Hija de la memoria
2007-10, RBA Libros
Hardcover
in Spanish
- Segunda edicion
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The Memory Keepers Daughter
2007, Large Print Press
Softcover
in English
- U.S. Large Print edition (1)
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter
May 30, 2006, San Val, Perfection Learning
library binding
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter
2006, Penguin Books
Paperback
in English
- printing (15)
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter
2006, Penguin Books
in English
- International edition
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter
2006, Penguin Books
Paperback
in English
- 9th printing
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter
2005, Viking
Hardcover
in English
- 1st edition (1)
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter Doubleday Large Print Home Library Edition
2005, Penquin
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in English
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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. The novel was adapted into a television film and premiered on Lifetime Television on April 12, 2008.
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