Critical Overview The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
The novel The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, by Kim Edwards, is a story of sadness and despair. Throughout the story the reasons and examples for why this happened are clear. Selfishness and lying prove to cause great pain and suffering throughout the story. These two also prove to be the cost of Dr. Henry’s death as he struggles with the decision whether to tell the secret of leaving his daughter for an orphanage.
The book The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, by Kim Edwards, is based off of a true story. However, it is not directly related to the author. The author, Kim Edwards was influenced because of a story told to her by her pastor about a man he knew whose brother had down syndrome. This mans brother…
Born in May of 1958, in the town of Killeen, Texas, she was born to be a writer. She began her collegiate studies at Auburn University. In 1981, she received her bachelors degree from Colgate University. Following this, she received a masters degree from the University of Iowa’s Writers’ Workshop. After this, she furthered her pedigree by earning her second masters degree in linguistics which also came from the University of Iowa. In 1998, her work was an alternate for the PEN/Hemingway Award, and also won a Whiting Award and the Nelson. The novel, The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, won Book of the Year in 2006, which is also what this paper is about. The content mentioned in paragraph one clearly illustrates why she wrote the book, and how it influenced her life. She not only made her name solidified in the field of writing, but also she wrote the book for the right reasons. The story told by the pastor influenced her although it did not come full circle until she went to a writing workshop and saw those who were disabled. She then began to think that she could make the novel work. She started writing the book and finished the first chapter rapidly, and then finished at a slower pace. Thus it is clear that through the events in paragraph one she learned more about down syndrome, following this thus influenced her life in a positive...
