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Review Date: 6/12/2012
Helpful Score: 1
This is a lovely book, and I continue to enjoy it thoroughly.
I also agree with a previous writer who noted the lingo in New Zealand and Australia. I didn't realize the writer was not from the U.S. initially until I noticed references to Antarctica, and knew I was nowhere near Antarctica and the writer was, and finally realized she was writing from 'down under'.
I also agree with a previous writer who noted the lingo in New Zealand and Australia. I didn't realize the writer was not from the U.S. initially until I noticed references to Antarctica, and knew I was nowhere near Antarctica and the writer was, and finally realized she was writing from 'down under'.
Review Date: 5/11/2010
This is an excellent book, and remains one of my favorites. I base much of my knowledge of Israel and its history on this book. I'm only posting it because I discovered a paperback version of it.
Review Date: 6/16/2011
Note: this is one of 750 copies signed by the author.
Review Date: 9/3/2007
This stunning novel begins on a winter night in 1964, 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's syndrome. For motives he tells himself are good, he makes a split-second decision that will haunt all their lives forever. He asks his nurse, Caroline, to take the baby away to an institution. Instead, she disappears into another city to raise the child as her own. Compulsively readable and deeply moving, The Memory Keeper's Daughter is a brilliantly crafted story of parallel lives, familial secrets, and the redemptive power of love.
Review Date: 10/1/2007
"When I was a very young kitten, I had the misfortune to lose my mother and find myself alone in the world at the age of six weeks. However, I was not unduly disturbed by this, since I was intelligent, not ill favored, resourceful and full of confidence in myself."
Thus begins this amazing manuscript which Paul Gallico found and translated from the Feline.
Thus begins this amazing manuscript which Paul Gallico found and translated from the Feline.
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