A #1 ‎"‎New York Times ‎"‎bestseller by Kim Edwards‎,‎ ‎"‎The Memory Keeper s Daughter ‎"‎is a brilliantly crafted novel of parallel lives‎,‎ familial secrets‎,‎ and the redemptive power of love Kim Edwards s stunning novel begins on a winter night in 1964 in Lexington‎,‎ Kentucky‎,‎ when a blizzard forces Dr‎.‎ David Henry to deliver his own twins‎.‎ His son‎,‎ born first‎,‎ is perfectly healthy‎,‎ but the doctor immediately recognizes that his daughter has Down syndrome‎.‎ Rationalizing it as a need to protect Norah‎,‎ his wife‎,‎ he makes a split second decision that will alter all of their lives forever‎.‎ He asks his nurse‎,‎ Caroline‎,‎ to take the baby away to an institution and never to reveal the secret‎.‎ Instead‎,‎ she disappears into another city to raise the child herself‎.‎ So begins this beautifully told story that unfolds over a quarter of a century in which these two families‎,‎ ignorant of each other‎,‎ are yet bound by the fateful decision made that winter night long ago‎.‎ A family drama‎,‎ ‎"‎The Memory Keeper s Daughter ‎"‎explores every mother‎'‎s silent fear‎:‎ What would happen if you lost your child and she grew up without you‎?‎ It is also an astonishing tale of love and how the mysterious ties that hold a family together help us survive the heartache that occurs when long‎-buried secrets are finally uncovered‎.‎‎"‎