On a winter night in 1964, Dr. David Henry is forced by a blizzard to deliver his own twins. His son, born first, is perfectly healthy. Yet when his daughter is born, he sees immediately that she has Down's 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 to take the baby away to an institution and never to reveal the secret. But Caroline, the nurse, cannot leave the infant. Instead, she disappears into another city to raise the child herself. So begins this beautifully told story that unfolds over a quarter of a century in which these two families, ignorant of each other, are yet bound by the fateful decision made that long-ago winter night. A brilliantly crafted, stunning debut, The Memory Keeper's Daughter explores the way life takes unexpected turns, and how the mysterious ties that hold a family together help us survive the heartache that occurs when long-buried secrets burst into the open. Performed by Martha Plimpton
金·爱德华兹:生于德州,长于纽约,现为肯德基大学英文系助理教授,常于各地举办写作工作坊,著有短篇小说集《火王的秘密》。《不存在的女儿》是她出版的第一部长篇小说。
她是美国各大文学奖项的常胜客。2002年她获得怀丁基金会的怀丁作家奖(Whiting Award),1998年则人选海明威文学奖。她还得过芝加哥论坛报举办的倪尔森爱格林奖(Nelson Algren Award),全国杂志奖(National Magazine Award)等等。
村上春树说,小说家就是职业的说谎家,只是小说家能够把真相带到新的地方并赋予它新的光彩。看完《不存在的女儿》才理解这句话。我总是没有耐心去看虚构的东西,但封面上那个白色的蕾丝小衫柔弱而静谧,让人忍不住去抚一抚。一个深夜里终于把书翻到末尾,一些小小的总结式的高...
评分 评分这是一个特别伤感的故事:有着美好生活的亨利夫妇,在一个寒夜迎来了双胞胎儿女,但丈夫发现女儿患有“唐氏综合症”,便瞒着妻子,委托护士卡罗琳把孩子送到福利院,然后骗妻子诺拉说女儿死了。“唐氏综合症”是一种因为婴儿细胞染色体异常引起的疾病,会使婴儿有轻度或中度的...
评分快要看完了。这是一本写的很美的书,在阅读的过程中,我的脑海里不断的出现画面感。最令人惊异的是,往往在描写的第一句中,还未成像的,在读到接下来的第二句时,画面会突然扑面而来。比如,书里面有一处,讲诺拉身穿的裙子,第一句在讲,那是一条碎花的裙子,你会觉得,天下...
评分"你捕捉不住光线。你只能抬起头来,让光线照在你的脸上。”“爸爸试图让一切定格,但世界是流动的,包围不住的。” 英文的书名是——the timekeeper's daughter,读完印象最深的并不是故事的主线——谎言造成的隔阂,而是亨利用相机徒劳地捕捉每个光与影。就像他儿子保...
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