The Memory Keeper's Daughter
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2005
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| Publication Type |
Novel
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| Number of Pages or Episodes |
401 p.
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| Language |
English
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| Author | |
| Publisher |
Viking
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| City |
New York
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| Abstract |
During a blizzard in 1964, orthopedic surgeon David Henry must deliver his wife Nora's fraternal twins. Paul is born a perfect baby boy, but Phoebe is born with Down Syndrome. Dr. Henry charges a nurse, Caroline Gill, to take Phoebe to an institution to protect his wife. Instead, Caroline flees to Pittsburgh where she raises the child.
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| Author Biography |
Kim Edwards (1958- ) was born in Texas and raised upstate New York. She earned a BA in English at Indiana University Bloomington, an MFA at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and a PhD at the University of Pittsburgh. She teaches writing at the University of Kentucky, Lexington.
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| Time |
1964-89
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