Viking Adult, 6/23/2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed. SIGNED, without inscription, by Kim Edwards on the title page. The volume is gently bumped at the spine ends and corners. The unclipped dust jacket is lightly edge rubbed and bumped at the top rear spine fold. The jacket is now in protective mylar.

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A #1 New York Times bestseller by Kim Edwards, The Memory Keeper’s Daughter is a brilliantly crafted novel of parallel lives, familial secrets, and the redemptive power of love Kim Edwards’s stunning novel begins on a winter night in 1964 in Lexington, Kentucky, when a blizzard forces Dr. David Henry to deliver his own twins. His son, born first, is perfectly healthy, but the doctor immediately recognizes that his daughter has Down syndrome. Rationalizing it as a need to protect Norah, his wife, he makes a split second decision that will alter all of their lives forever. He asks his nurse, Caroline, to take the baby away to an institution and never to reveal the secret. Instead, she disappears into another city to raise the child herself. So begins this beautifully told story that unfolds over a quarter of a century—in which these two families, ignorant of each other, are yet bound by the fateful decision made that winter night long ago. A family drama, The Memory Keeper’s Daughter explores every mother's silent fear: What would happen if you lost your child and she grew up without you? It is also an astonishing tale of love and how the mysterious ties that hold a family together help us survive the heartache that occurs when long-buried secrets are finally uncovered.

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Bookseller: Trilby & Co. Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1102040601
Title: The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Author: Edwards, Kim
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0670034169
ISBN 13: 9780670034161
Publisher: Viking Adult
Place of Publication: New York, New York, U.s.a.
Date Published: 6/23/2005
Keywords: first edition signed

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