The Memory Keeper's Daughter：A Novel

图书标准信息

• 作者 Kim Edwards 著
• 出版社 Penguin
• 出版时间 2006-05
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780143037149
• 定价 119.50元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 448页
• 正文语种 英语
• 原版书名 The Memory Keeper's Daughter

【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.