THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER: Kim Edwards: Viking: 2005: Fiction: 401 pages A doctor in the 1950s delivers his own twin son and daughter. The daughter, Phoebe, suffers from Down's Syndrome, so the doctor gives her to the nurse to take to a group home and tells his wife that the baby died at birth. Instead of leaving the baby, the nurse takes Phoebe to another city and raises her as her own.
This story is beautifully well-written and has a lot of literary merit. It's also a clean read that could be recommended to just about anyone and would make for a great book discussion--lots of issues about families, decisions, etc. to talk about. I really loved the book at the beginning, but it did drag a little for me at the end. It's not fast moving at all, but it would be wonderful for fans of books like Gilead and The Kite Runner.
MBC
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