The memory keeper's daughter by Kim Edwards

[Jenni Wong]

Movie tie in (one release straight on to dvd, 2008!
This profoundly moving novel is filled with a haunting sadness, painful decisions and far-reaching consequences, the world inhabited by the Henry family is a melancholy place.
This amazing book encompasses that only with reflection do subtleties begin to shimmer into focus.
In our modern sensibilities, the immediate disposal upon birth of a child with Down’s syndrome is repellent.
I found within The Memory Keeper’s Daughter a meditation on loss and grief, traveling the lonely road with Norah as she grapples with the loss of a child she never sees and a marriage within which this child is never discussed. I found David an unsympathetic character, whose misery is little payment for the pain he causes so many.
A great read.