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The Memory Keeper's Daughter

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The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards My review rating: 3 of 5 stars This was an interesting read. It was definitely a page-turner but I'm not sure if I really loved the book or if I just wanted to get it over with. After the first few pages I felt this was any old Hindi movie and wasn't sure I liked it. Then when Caroline Gill takes the baby with her I started to like it. The whole decision making scene seemed so un-contrived, it just seemed to flow in natural order. I could relate to the character and felt I would have done the same thing in her place. Then came all that crap about Norah Henry in mourning forever. And David guilty forever - well that part I can understand in a way. But the Norah Henry character just did not do it for me and also David believing or "understanding" that he caused everything that happened with Norah's life or that everything that happened was a repercussion of what he'd done with Phoebe. Norah's depression -