The Memory Keeper's Daughter A Novel

On a snowy winter night in 1964 in Lexington, Kentucky, Dr. David Henry is forced to deliver his own twins. His son is born perfectly healthy, but he immediately recognizes that his daughter, Phoebe, has Down syndrome. Rationalizing his decision as a need to protect his wife, Norah, David makes a split-second, life-altering choice: he tells Norah their daughter died and asks his nurse, Caroline Gill, to take the baby to an institution. Instead, Caroline disappears into another city to raise Phoebe as her own. The novel is a brilliantly crafted story that unfolds over a quarter of a century, tracing the parallel lives of these two families—one torn apart by an unacknowledged grief and a devastating secret, and the other bound by the challenging but profound love of a mother for her child—exploring the consequences of David's betrayal and the redemptive power of love and truth.

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