The Memory Keeper's Daughter
by Kim Edwardsliterary work· published 2005
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter is a novel by American author Kim Edwards that tells the story of a man who gives away his newborn daughter, who has Down syndrome, to one of the nurses to take to an institution, but after seeing the conditions there, she instead takes her home to raise her. Published by Viking Press in June 2005, the novel garnered great interest via word of mouth in the summer of 2006 and placed on the New York Times Paperback Bestsellers List. The novel was adapted into a television film and premiered on Lifetime Television on April 12, 2008.
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter was adapted into a 2008 television film.
The Memory Keeper's Daughter2008 · television film · 90 min · dir. Mick Jackson · IMDb ↗IMDb6.6During a blizzard in 1964, Dr. David Henry delivers his son Paul with the help of nurse Caroline. But when Henry realizes his wife is also carrying a girl with Down syndrome, he hands the second child over to Caroline without his wife's knowledge. Henry's fateful decision yields grave consequences for his family over the next 20 years.
