Rochester Arts & Lectures

Kim Edwards
Underwritten by Thomson Reuters
November 6, 2008

Short story writer Kim Edwards (The Secrets of a Fire King) was catapulted to national bestseller lists with the publication of her debut novel, The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, which was praised for its “extraordinary power and sympathy,” (The Washington Post). A favorite with book clubs, the story is a poignant, emotional tale of the ramifications of deception. A father’s choice to pretend that his newborn daughter has died (while secretly having her institutionalized with Down’s Syndrome) has powerful ramifications through the decades, most poignantly for the adoptive mother who raises the baby and the biological mother who unwittingly gave her up.

Author photo by: Mark Kidd

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