21 July 2010

~I read a book from cover to cover in 1 DAY!!!~

 

The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards was a thought provoking look at a mans struggle to keep a dark secret from his wife.  It starts out with her giving birth to twins.  She is told that her daughter dies.  In truth, her husband; a doctor, realizes that she has Down Syndrome and sends her off to live in an institution.  Her life leads her down a different path and the book goes through how that single decision impacted the lives of countless people, and most of all himself. 

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I confess to not being able to put it down.  The words flowed well and the story was so well written I felt like I was a part of it.  I will be looking in to more work by Kim Edwards since this one was such a page turner!

I’m so glad to have gotten in a book to read while at home on my last week of holidays!  I have 7 more sitting here from the library to read right now also!  Guess I have some more to do!

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