The Memory Keeper's Daughter

Zusatztext “Edwards is a born novelist.... The Memory Keeper’s Daughter is rich with psychological detail and the nuances of human connection. [An] extraordinary debut.” – Chicago Tribune “Anyone would be struck by the extraordinary power and sympathy of The Memory Keeper’s Daughter .” – The Washington Post   “Absolutely mesmerizing.” – Sue Monk Kidd   “Kim Edwards has created a tale of regret and redemption... you have to reread the passages just to be captivated all over again . . .  simply a beautiful book.” – Jodi Picoult   “Kim Edwards writes with great wisdom and compassion.... This is a wonderful! heartbreaking! heart-healing novel.” – Luanne Rice   “A heart-wrenching book! by turns light and dark! literary and suspenseful.” – Library Journal     “A gripping novel! beautifully written.” – Ursula Hegi  “Gripping from its start. Highly accomplished.” – The Guardian (UK)   “A remarkable achievement. [Kim Edwards has] clearly hit a nerve.” – The Independent (UK)   “Masterfully written…a compelling story that explores universal themes: the secrets we harbor! even from those we love; our ability to rationalize all manner of lies; and our fear that there will always be something unknowable about the people we love most.” – The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette    “I devoured it.” – Sena Jeter Naslund Informationen zum Autor Kim Edwards Klappentext 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.1964 March 1964 I THE SNOW STARTED TO FALL SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE HER labor began. A few flakes first, in the dull gray late-afternoon sky, and then wind-driven swirls and eddies around the edges of their wide front porch. He stood by her side at the window, watching sharp gusts of snow billow, then swirl and drift to the ground. All around the neighborhood, lights came on, and the naked branches of the trees turned white. After dinner he built a fire, venturing out into the weather for wood he had piled against the garage the previous autumn. The air was bright and cold against his face, and the snow in the driveway was already halfway to his knees. He gathered logs, shaking off their soft white caps and carrying them inside. The kindling in the iron grate caught fire immediately, and he sat for a time on the hearth, cross-legged, adding logs and watching the flames leap, blue-edged and hypnotic. Outside, snow continued to fall quietly through the darkness, as bright and t...

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Edwards is a born novelist....The Memory Keeper s Daughter is rich with psychological detail and the nuances of human connection. [An] extraordinary debut.
Chicago Tribune

Anyone would be struck by the extraordinary power and sympathy of The Memory Keeper s Daughter.
The Washington Post
 
Absolutely mesmerizing.
Sue Monk Kidd
 
Kim Edwards has created a tale of regret and redemption... you have to reread the passages just to be captivated all over again . . .  simply a beautiful book.
Jodi Picoult
 
Kim Edwards writes with great wisdom and compassion.... This is a wonderful, heartbreaking, heart-healing novel.
Luanne Rice
 
A heart-wrenching book, by turns light and dark, literary and suspenseful.
Library Journal 
 
A gripping novel, beautifully written.
Ursula Hegi
  Gripping from its start. Highly accomplished.
The Guardian (UK)
 
A remarkable achievement. [Kim Edwards has] clearly hit a nerve.
The Independent (UK)
 
Masterfully written a compelling story that explores universal themes: the secrets we harbor, even from those we love; our ability to rationalize all manner of lies; and our fear that there will always be something unknowable about the people we love most.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
 
  I devoured it.
Sena Jeter Naslund

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Kim Edwards
• Editore: Penguin Books USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.05.2006
• EAN: 9780143037149
• ISBN: 978-0-14-303714-9
• Pagine: 448
• Dimensioni: 130 mm x 210 mm x 20 mm
• Serie: Penguin Publishing Group
• Categoria: Narrativa > Romanzi