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Born May 4, 1958, Kim Edwards
is an American author and Educator. She was born in Killeen, Texas, grew up in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, and graduated from Colgate University and The University of Iowa.
She is the author of a story collection, The Secrets of a Fire King, which was a finalist for the Hemingway Award; her stories have been published in The Paris Review, Story, Ploughshares,
and many other publications.

T he Memory Keeper’s Daughter, her first novel, won a Barnes and Noble Discover Award pick and became a best-seller, spending 122 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list, Her second novel,
The Lake of Dreams, an Independent Booksellers pick, was also an international best seller; her work has been published in more than 32 countries.

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"'David Henry McCallister.' Phoebe read the words out loud, slowly. They filled her mouth and fell heavily in the world..."Our father," she said, 'who art in heaven hallowed be thy name.'"
(Edwards 400)

Phoebe is visiting David's grave with Paul. Not getting the chance to know her real father, she is doesn't feel as sad as she would. But she wants to be there for her brother Paul, who wants to know his sister.

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Phoebe Henry:

Phoebe is a Downs syndrome child of David and Norah Henry, who goes through life in her own small world. Sent away at childbirth by
David Henry Caroline Gill now takes care of her, but Phoebe is unaware that her true family is closer than she can imagine.

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“All children deserve an education… These children are delayed, yes, no one’s questioning that, but they are not stupid. No one in this room knows what they can achieve." (Edwards 161-162)

Caroline is trying her best to secure a bright future for her "daughter" Phoebe. In hopes
of by getting her the best education possible.

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Caroline Gill:

Caroline is the nurse to David Henry, who asks her to take Phoebe, the child with Down Syndrome from her parents at birth by the request of the father. But later on raises her as her own child secretly.

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“David’s heart filled, beating with such intensity that he wondered for a moment if he might be having a heart attack-he was young for that, only forty-six , but such a thing might happen.”

(Edwards 195)

David at this point is touched by Paul's music that his heart melts to his pride for his son

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“His eyes were darker than she’d ever seen them, and she could not tell what was going on in his mind.”
(Edwards 50)

When Norah and David are sitting together on the couch and Norah feels as if he had been unmasked as she felt that she was talking to a stranger in her midst.

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Song Best Fit Theme for Memory Keeper's Daughter

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Song Best Fit Theme for Memory Keeper's Daughter

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"By her love, yes. And, realized, awash in the notes, by his own new and strangely uncomplicated love for her." (Edwards 401)

Paul is confronted by the past that his father David has left for him. But in getting to know his past,
his sister, he becomes connected to her in no other way a sibling
can be.

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Written by Kim Edwards in
June 28, 2005
Directed by Mike Jackson in
April 12, 2008

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David Henry McCallister:

Having been raised in poverty, David Henry has made the decision to have a better life than his parents were able to provide. As a young child, he watched his younger sister, June, suffer from a heart condition, and then watched his mother's inconsolable grief when June died. His compassion and his wish to fix things for people resulted in his decision to become a doctor, helping those who cannot afford his services. He is in love with his young wife, Norah. But continuously haunted by the fact that he gave away his daughter with Down Syndrome.

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Norah Henry/ Norah Asher:

Norah is the mother of both Phoebe and Paul. Her husband David told her that her daughter Phoebe died in childbirth. She poses for nature photographs taken by her husband. She also not so secretly had multiple affairs while married to David.

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Is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21. It is typically associated with physical growth delays, mild to moderate intellectual disability,
and characteristic facial features.

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Paul Henry:

Paul is the child of both Norah and David. Wanting to go to Julliard to peruse his musical interest,
he constantly feels as if his father, David, isn't very proud of him
as a son.

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Note: (I found a timeline creator online and looked cool and all, but when I finished, I found out that it converts the presentation into a tiny image, so you might have to zoom in order to read) Sorry

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The Memory Keeper's Daughter follows the lives of Dr. David Henry, his wife, Norah, and their twin children who are secretly separated at birth. The story begins in March 1964 when an unexpected blizzard hits the small Kentucky town where the young couple lives. Norah is pregnant. Norah's labor catches them off guard, and David, who is an orthopedic surgeon, is forced to deliver the baby. Another surprise is in store for David and Norah when not one but two babies are born.

The first baby is a healthy boy.
But when the second baby emerges, a girl, David notices the telltale signs of Down Syndrome. David panics. Having been raised with a sibling with a diseased heart. David thinks a Down Syndrome child will have a weak heart and will die prematurely. He tells his nurse, Caroline Gill, to take the baby girl to an institution outside of town and leave the baby there. When his wife awakens after the delivery, David tells her that the baby girl has died.

David’s deception will have lifelong repercussions. The secret that David must keep from his wife and son makes him withdraw from his family. Further complications arise when Caroline, David's nurse, does not feel right in leaving the baby girl at the decrepit institution and instead takes her home with her. She christens the child “Phoebe.” Later Caroline moves out of town and starts a whole new life, determined to raise Phoebe as her own, as she fights for Phoebe's rights to a proper education and an independent life.

The story between brother and sister twins, brings the story to a full circle.