The Memory Keeper s Daughter [平裝] (不存在的女兒)

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Used Softcover Edition published by Penguin Books, N.Y., 2005, 401 pages in Very Good Condition. Cover has slight wear along the edges. text is clean and unmarked with no rips, tears, creases, loose or bent pages. A stunning novel that begins on a winter's night in 1964, when a blizzard forces Dr. David Henry to deliver his own twins. His son born first is perfectly healthy, but he recognizes immediately that his daughter has Down syndrome. In a hasty split-second decision that will haunt him forever, he tells the nurse assisting him to take the baby away to an institution. But, the nurse instead takes the child and disappears to another city to raise the baby as her own. A deeply moving and brilliantly-crafted story of parallel lives, family secrets, and the redemptive power of love. Simply a beautiful tale of regret and redemption, of characters haunted by their past. Absolutely mesmerizing from cover to cover. We ship within 24 hours of your purchase with a Delivery Confirmation.

1964年，一個大風雪的夜晚，醫生戴維親自為妻子接生。一對雙胞胎降臨人間，其中的女孩卻患有先天性唐氏症。為了保護家人，或者保護自己，戴維欺騙妻子女兒已夭折。這個決定從此讓兩個家庭變了樣……人生旅途當中，我們或多或少會有這種經歷：在某個時刻，我們的某個決定，某個動作，當時自己並不能瞭解。很久以後，經過反覆思量，才恍然大悟，終於明白自己當年的決定造成了怎樣的結果。