#4

The Memory Keepers Daughter by Kim Edwards

1964
Twins born
A little boy and a little girl
one healthy, one with down syndrom
the father (a doctor) makes a spilt-second decision and hands the child to the nurse to be take to a facility
the mother is told the baby died
here the book splits and we follow the seperate stories of both children
you begin to understand that the father's childhood plays a major part in his decision but you can't forgive him for it.
the mother deals with grief and unrest all through the book
the son grows up with his mom and dad
the daughter is raised by the nurse
you can't help but see that the little girl had a better life, and you wonder if, had she not been sent away, would she have been the saving grace of her family.
Not a bad read, but sad

Borrowed From Nikol Noe
Read for Book Club
432 Pages