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The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
“[An] extraordinary debut.”
—Chicago Tribune
“Kim Edwards has written a novel so mesmerizing that I devoured it in a single gulp, reading far into the wee hours. Her characters will hold you spellbound as you watch a marriage founded on the sweetest of intimacies destroyed by unexamined concepts of conventional wisdom, by lies and by secrecy. From the ashes grow new lives strong enough to defy convention and to define family simply as supportive love. Terror, pity, redemption—what reader can ask for more? This beautifully written novel has it all.”
—Sena Jeter Naslund
“In The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, Kim Edwards has created a tale of regret and redemption, of honest emotion, of characters haunted by their past. Crafted with language so lovely you have to reread the passages just to be captivated all over again…this is simply a beautiful book—I can’t wait to see what she writes next.”
—Jodi Picoult
“First-time novelist Edwards…has written a heart-wrenching book, by turns light and dark, literary and suspenseful. A natural for book discussions groups; recommended.”
—Library Journal
“The Memory Keeper’s Daughter unfolds from an absolutely mesmerizing premise, drawing you deeply and irrevocably into the entangled lives of two families and the devastating secret that shapes them both. I loved this riveting story with its intricate characters and beautiful language.”
—Sue Monk Kidd
“An auspicious debut novel…. The Memory Keeper’s Daughter is a page-turner, a wonderfully crafted tale…. Highly recommended.”
—Bookreporter.com
“The Memory Keeper’s Daughter is a gift, filled with radiant mystery. Kim Edwards writes with great wisdom and compassion about family, choices, secrets, and redemption. This is a wonderful, heartbreaking, heart-healing novel.”
—Luanne Rice
“[A] tightly woven tale of love, loss and redemption.”
—Orlando Sentinel
“A gripping novel, beautifully written. With amazing compassion, Kim Edwards explores the impact of a family secret that challenges the limits of love and redemption.”
—Ursula Hegi
“This unusual novel is exciting, probing, dashing, and filled with surprises. The writing is memorable and smart. A keeper!”
—Bobbie Ann Mason
“Anyone would be struck by the extraordinary power and sympathy of The Memory Keeper’s Daughter.”
—The Washington Post
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THE MEMORY KEEPER’S DAUGHTER
Kim Edwards is the author of the short story collection The Secrets of the Fire King, which was an alternate for the 1998 PEN/ Hemingway Award, and she has won both the Whiting Award and the Nelson Algren Award. A graduate of the Iowa Writer’s Workshop, she is an assistant professor of English at the University of Kentucky.
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
Kim Edwards
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PUBLISHER’S NOTE
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events,