Summary - The Memory Keeper’s Daughter: Based On The Book By Kim Edwards

SUMMARY

THE MEMORY KEEPER’S DAUGHTER

BASED ON THE BOOK BY KIM EDWARDS

SUMMARY WRITTEN BY: BRIEF BOOKS PUBLISHING

CONTENT

A Winter Birth and a Fateful Decision

Two Lives Diverge

Secrets and Deceit

Years of Letters and Longing

Shifting Identities and Growing Distance

A Daughter's World

The Truth Unveiled

Confrontations and Choices

Reconciliation and New Beginnings

Analysis

ABOUT THE ORIGINAL BOOK

Kim Edwards's novel, The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, tells the story of David Henry, a doctor who makes a fateful decision on a winter night in 1964 that will haunt him and his family for years to come. After his wife gives birth to twins, a son and a daughter with Down syndrome, David chooses to keep his daughter's existence a secret from his wife, setting in motion a series of events that will test the limits of love, loyalty, and forgiveness. The novel explores themes of family secrets, the impact of choices, and the societal attitudes towards disability.

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Release date

Audiobook: 27 February 2025