- タイトル: The Memory Keepers Daughter - 著者: Kim Edwards
Kim 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.
【作品概要】
『The Memory Keepers Daughter』は、1964年の冬に始まる感動的な物語です。医師デイビッド・ヘンリーが双子の娘の誕生を迎える中で、彼の選択が家族にどのような影響を与えるのかを描いています。
【著者について】
キム・エドワーズは、深い感情と複雑なキャラクターを描くことで知られています。この作品もその例外ではなく、読者を引き込む力を持っています。
【受賞歴】
本書は、数々の賞を受賞し、批評家から高く評価されています。特に、家族の秘密や感情の葛藤を描いた点が評価されています。
- タイトル: The Memory Keepers Daughter
- 著者: Kim Edwards
Kim 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.
ご覧いただきありがとうございます。
商品の情報