Memory Keeper's Daughter By Kim Edwards. 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 recongnizes that his daughter has Down syndrome so he asks his nurse to take the baby away to an institution but instead, she disappears to raise the child as her own. Compulsively readable and deeply moving, Memory Keeper's Daughter is a brilliantly crafted story of parallel lives, familial secrets and the redemptive power of love. PB. 401 pgs.