MEMORY KEEPER`S DAUGHTER, THE - Penguin USA

THIS STUNNING NOVEL BEGINS ON A WINTER NIGHT IN 1964, when a blizzard forces Dr. David Henry to eliver his own twins. His son born first, is perfectly healthy, but the doctor immediately recognizes that his daugther has Down's syndrome. For motives he tells himself are good, he makes a split-second decision that will haunt all their lives forever. He asks his nurse, Caroline, to take the baby away to an institution. Instead, she disappears into another city to raise the child as her own. Compulsively readable and deeply moving, The Memory Keeper's Daughter is a brilliantly crafted story of parallel lives, familiar secrets, and the redemptive power of love.