Kim Edwards’s stunning family drama evokes the spirit of Sue Miller and Alice Sebold, articulating every mother’s silent fear: what would happen if you lost your child and she grew up without you? In 1964, when a blizzard forces Dr. David Henry to deliver his own twins, he immediately recognizes that one of them has Down Syndrome and makes a split-second decision that will haunt all their lives forever. He asks his nurse to take the baby away to an institution and to keep her birth a secret. Instead, she disappears into another city to raise the child as her own. Compulsively readable and deeply moving, The Memory Keeper’s Daughter is an astonishing tale of redemptive love.

Most of the other reviewers have already said what I think about this long, drawn-out, never-ending story that will put you to sleep after the first couple of chapters. Seriously, it's not even that much of a story since the book is about a fourth narrative and three fourths bizarre descriptions of completely unimportant things ("...she was looking at expensive stockings as dark as pig's blood.."). But I don't want to get too into what I think about her writing style because everyone else, especially that review called "Life Is Too Short to Read Books Like This", totally nailed my thoughts. So the only reason I wrote this is to say that I kind of think that Kim Edwards wrote the "Read This, read this, read this!" review. Actually, I'm almost totally sure.

This is a very sad story. Very well written but sad. It's about a doctor who delivers his own twins at his clinic because there is a snow storm and he is unable to get his wife to the hospital in time. One of the twins is born with Down's Syndrome. Rather than keep her, he tells his long time nurse to take her to a home for special children. He tells his drugged wife that the baby died and they buried her.But the nurse decides to keep the baby and raise her as her own.
I enjoyed the book very much although I would never have made that choice. The story continues with much care and love but also doubts, confusion and regrets.
It is a warm story that will definitely hold your interst.

Jennifer Dunagan,author of Auntie Jennie's Puppy:
The Adventures of Santana and Santana's Harrowing Halloween

Beautifully written novel. I read it on recommendation, with no interest in the specific subject matter or the "family drama" genre. I couldn't put it down.

This story had a very interesting plot and lots of good character development. A doctor delivers his own twins during a fierce snowstorm. He keeps his infant son, but secretly gives away his daughter who has Down syndrome.

My mom got this book for me a few days ago and I thought that it looked strange and a little weird, but I started reading it and I reminded myself that I should never judge a book by its cover ;). So at the beginning of the book the two main characters are at their home and the wife (Norah) is very pregnant. She goes into labor and her husband (whose name I can't remember) takes her to the doctors office. When he gets there the nurse tells him that his wife's doctor won't be there, so he is forced to deliver his own child. He is a doctor for bones, but he has delivered kids before. His wife tells the nurse that if she has a boy his name will be Paul, and if it is a girl she will be named Pheobe. His wife gives birth to Paul who is perfectly healthy, and then he is surprised to find that his wife gives birth to a little girl. He looks closely at the girl and realizes that she has Down syndrome. He gives her to the nurse and tells her to take Pheobe to an institute, so that he and his wife won't have to suffer through pain if she dies young like some people who have down syndrome do. The nurse, who's name I believe is Caroline, takes Pheobe to the institution where she discovers how awful it is there, and decides that there is no way she will leave Pheobe there. So she takes Pheobe home and decides to keep her. Back at the hospital the husband tells Norah that she gave birth to twins, but the girl died.
The story goes on showing how much Norah suffers because of her dead daughter. Paul and Pheobe grow up and both go through many obstacles. Caroline sends letters to the husband along with pictures of Pheobe. As Paul grows up he becomes a brilliant musician with extrodinary talent. he wants to go to Juliliard while his dad wants him to become a doctor or lawyer. As Pheobe gets older she goes to public school, thanks to Caroline, who she considers her mom. Pheobe finds herself falling in love and wanting to get married while Paul is rebelling against his father.
Throughout the story you find yourself hoping that Norah finds out that her daughter is still alive and well and that Paul gets to follow his dream and become a musician. I strongly recommend this book. It will truly touch your heart and keep you on the edge of your seat.