{"title":"Kim Edwards","description":"Kim Edwards is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Memory Keeper's Daughter, which was translated into thirty-eight languages. She is also the author of the New York Times bestselling novel, The Lake of Dreams, and a collection of short stories, The Secrets of a Fire King. Her honors include the Whiting Award, the British Book Award, and USA Today's Book of the Year, as well as the Nelson Algren Award, a National Magazine Award, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, she has taught widely in the US and Asia, and currently lives in Lexington, Kentucky.","products":[{"product_id":"the-memory-keepers-daughter-paperback","title":"The Memory Keeper's Daughter - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller by Kim Edwards, \u003ci\u003eThe Memory Keeper's Daughter \u003c\/i\u003eis a brilliantly crafted novel of parallel lives, familial secrets, and the redemptive power of love \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKim 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA family drama, \u003ci\u003eThe Memory Keeper's Daughter \u003c\/i\u003eexplores 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.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369149563103,"sku":"9780143037149","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/h0f8TbmzrM9780143037149.webp?v=1789139245"},{"product_id":"the-memory-keepers-daughter-paperback-1","title":"The Memory Keeper's Daughter - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eKim Edwardss stunning family drama evokes the spirit of Sue Miller and Alice Sebold, articulating every mothers silent fear: what would happen if you lost your child and she grew up without you? In 1964, when a blizzard forces Dr. David Henry to deliver his own twins, he immediately recognizes that one of them has Down Syndrome and makes a split-second decision that will haunt all their lives forever. He asks his nurse to take the baby away to an institution and to keep her birth a secret. Instead, she disappears into another city to raise the child as her own. Compulsively readable and deeply moving, \"The Memory Keepers Daughter\" is an astonishing tale of redemptive love. BACKCOVER: Edwards is a born novelist. . . . Rich with psychological detail and the nuances of human connection.\u003cbr\u003e \"Chicago Tribune\" \u003cbr\u003e Unfolds from an absolutely gripping premise, drawing you deeply and irrevocably into the entangled lives of two families and the devastating secret that shaped them both. I loved this riveting story.\u003cbr\u003e Sue Monk Kidd \u003cbr\u003e Anyone would be struck by the extraordinary power and sympathy of \"The Memory Keepers Daughter.\"\u003cbr\u003e \"The Washington Post\" \u003cbr\u003e Kim Edwards has written a novel so mesmerizing that I devoured it. . . . \"The Memory Keepers Daughter\" has it all.\u003cbr\u003e Sena Jeter Naslund \u003cbr\u003e Kim Edwards has created a tale of regret and redemption, of honest emotion, of characters haunted by their past. This is simply a beautiful book.\u003cbr\u003e Jodi Picoult\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51374742896863,"sku":"9781594131974","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/XLhYVwIXoq9781594131974.webp?v=1789185999"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/kim-edwards.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}