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The Memory Keeper’s Daughter AP Literature记忆守护者的女儿美联社文学

The Memory Keeper’s Daughter By: Kim Edwards Presentation by: Michelle Scavuzzo Kim Edwards Was born on May 4, 1958 Graduated from Colgate University Wrote first short story in college called “Cords” which later became called “The Way It Felt to be Falling” Wrote a collection of shorts stories called, “The Secrets of a Fire King Currently teaches writing at University of Kentucky The Memory Keeper’s Daughter was her first novel It spent 122 weeks on the New York Time Best Sellers List 20 of those weeks as #1 Won the Kentucky Literary Award and the British Book Award Context and Setting Setting There are two stories in this novel linked through a lie. The story of David Henry and his family takes place in Lexington, Kentucky. The story of Caroline Gill and her family takes place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Context The novel starts in March1964 and ends in September1989. A major part of the novel is about down syndrome and this illness was very misunderstood at that time. Lack of knowledge about the disease caused children to be sent to institutions at the first sign of the mental disability. Plot Synopsis The novel begins when Norah Henry goes into labor and unexpectedly delivers twins. A perfect little boy named Paul and a smaller little girl named Phoebe. In a panic David Henry, Norah Henry’s husband, gives his daughter away to Caroline Gill, the nurse there helping the delivery. After seeing his younger sister, June died of a heart defect caused by downs syndrome, David makes this decision in the hope of protecting his family. Caroline Gill takes the young girl in as her own child and raises her in Pittsburgh. Phoebe grows up and so does Paul. Phoebe is slow but learns at her own pace and Paul blooms into a wonderful musician. Both children know nothing of one another and David and Norah’s marriage crumbles under the weight of this lie. After David’s unexpected death Caroline Gill returns to Kentucky to share the secret to Norah and Paul. Character Tree David H