The Memory Keeper's Daughter：A Novel

作者 Kim Edwards著
出版社 Penguin
出版时间 2006年5月第1版
ISBN 9780143037149
定价 119.50

内容简介

KimEdwards'sstunningfamilydramaevokesthespiritofSueMillerandAliceSebold,articulatingeverymother'ssilentfear:whatwouldhappenifyoulostyourchildandshegrewupwithoutyou?In1964,whenablizzardforcesDr.DavidHenrytodeliverhisowntwins,heimmediatelyrecognizesthatoneofthemhasDownSyndromeandmakesasplit-seconddecisionthatwillhauntalltheirlivesforever.Heaskshisnursetotakethebabyawaytoaninstitutionandtokeepherbirthasecret.Instead,shedisappearsintoanothercitytoraisethechildasherown.Compulsivelyreadableanddeeplymoving,TheMemoryKeeper'sDaughterisanastonishingtaleofredemptivelove.BACKCOVER:“Edwardsisabornnovelist....Richwithpsychologicaldetailandthenuancesofhumanconnection.”—ChicagoTribune“Unfoldsfromanabsolutelygrippingpremise,drawingyoudeeplyandirrevocablyintotheentangledlivesoftwofamiliesandthedevastatingsecretthatshapedthemboth.Ilovedthisrivetingstory.”—SueMonkKidd“AnyonewouldbestruckbytheextraordinarypowerandsympathyofTheMemoryKeeper'sDaughter.”—TheWashingtonPost“KimEdwardshaswrittenanovelsomesmerizingthatIdevouredit....TheMemoryKeeper'sDaughterhasitall.”—SenaJeterNaslund“KimEdwardshascreatedataleofregretandredemption,ofhonestemotion,ofcharactershauntedbytheirpast.Thisissimplyabeautifulbook.”—JodiPicoult

作者简介

KimEdwardshaswonnumerousawards,includingaWhitingAwardandtheNelsonAlgrenAwardandmostrecentlytheKentuckyLiteraryAwardforfiction.Sheistheauthorofacollectionofshortstories,TheSecretsOfaFireKing,whichwasanalternateforthePEN/HemingwayAward.HerstoriesandessayshaveappearedinPloughshares,Zoetrope,Anteaus,Story,andTheParisReviewandhavereceivedaNationalMagazineAwardsforexcellenceinFictionandaPushcartPrize.AgraduateoftheIowa’sWriters’Workshop,shecurrentlyteacheswritingattheUniversityofKentucky.Thisisherfirstnovel,whichhasbeenchosenasaBarnesandNobleDiscovertitle.ShelivesinLexington,Kentuckywithherhusbandanddaughters.

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