The Memory Keeper's Daughter (19)

13 Aug 2006

Title: The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Author: Kim Edwards
Genre: Fiction

An impossibly sad story about a husband trying to save his wife a world of pain by letting her believe her daughter has died immediately after birth instead of dealing with a child who has Down Syndrome. The book left me cold though because I always just thought of the husband as cruel. On the surface I could understand his motivations and intent but I just found him to be cruel and hurtful. When the main charcter doesn't have a single redeeming quality it's hard for me to love a book. That was the case here.

Posted by Michelle on Sunday, August 13, 2006 at 5:33 PM

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