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http://www.bookreporter.com/features/beachbag2006/memorykeeper.asp
TITLE: The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
AUTHOR: Marie Hashima Lofton
YEAR PUBLISHED:

Main Idea #1: David did a bad thing by lying to his wife

Summary: David told his wife that their second baby died, but he actually sent it away with the nurse.


Quote: What David decides to do is pretty close to being a crime --- he asks Caroline to take the baby away to a home that cares for children like Phoebe, and he tells his wife that their daughter has died.




Question: Did David have a choice? Would telling the truth break his wife’s heart? Would she have wanted to keep the baby?



Main Idea #2: When David gave his daughter away; he also gave away his family’s happiness

Summary: When David gave Phoebe to the nurse to go to the institution, it was unknown that the nurse actually took the baby and raised it as her own. David’s son ended up being the shadow child and his daughter survived and ended up thriving and making another family happy.


Quote: The fact that Phoebe thrived despite David's predictions for her is tragic, because he deprived his own wife the love of a daughter who she thought had died. While Phoebe blossoms into a productive and healthy woman, her twin Paul grows up in her shadow, not knowing she's alive, finding that he's competing with her for his parents' attentions despite the fact that she is "dead." This is what drives the story --- as one family thrives, the other one deteriorates.


Question: Could David have forseen that giving away Pheobe would break apart his family? Was he unwilling to raise the child because he wanted a ‘normal’ family life? If so did he get it?

Main Idea #3: Children = happiness?

Summary: Both Norah and Caroline become better and more independent women once they have children- whether it is of their own blood or not…


Quote: Ironically, David's decision to get rid of their child to protect his wife actually ruins their lives, while it brings hope to Caroline, a lonely spinster who didn't know if she ever would find true happiness. As she fights to give Phoebe the best life she can, Caroline grows from a meek and insecure woman to one of strength and self-assuredness. Norah also becomes a stronger woman despite the loss of her baby and David's misconception that she needed to be protected.


Question: Why do children create different parents? What is it about raising a child that can change a grown adult’s lifestyle and attitude?



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http://www.allreaders.com/Topics/Info_34445.asp
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AUTHOR: Angie Bonner, Resident Scholar
Betty-Jeanne Korson, Resident Scholar
Dana Riedberger, Resident Scholar
and other Scholars

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Main Idea #1: Caroline is in love with David

Summary: Because Caroline is secretly in love with David, she does what he asks and brings the baby to the institution.

Quote: Caroline, secretly in love with the doctor, would do just about anything he asked of her.


Question: Did Caroline take the baby as a reminder of David- the man she could not have? Is David part of the reason she felt attached to the baby?


Main Idea #2: David’s guilt comes to haunt him.

Summary: David knew that his daughter never went to the institution (speculation), and he tried to contact Caroline to see how she was. His guilt of giving her away and then having someone become happy with her while she is successful in life made an impact on him to the point where he tried to contact his rejected child.


Quote: During the next 25 years, David tries to contact Caroline who writes him terse letters keeping him in touch with Phoebe's progress.


Question: Does David deserve to know about Pheobe’s progress?

Main Idea #3: Norah was kept in the dark about the secret child.

Summary: Norah doesn’t know that her baby girl is alive. Because David knows, he will never be able to be completely honest with her. He cannot help her grieve, or grieve with her. He only lives under the shadow of his lies.


Quote: Norah Henry grieves the loss of her twin baby girl while trying to be a mother to her son Paul. David Henry lives in his own world of guilt not knowing if his decision was right or wrong and how can he ever tell his family what he has done.


Question: Will Norah be able to continue her life and be a good mom, or will this secret hinder her love for Paul?



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TITLE: The Memory Keeper’s Daughter - Edwards
AUTHOR: Amy
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2008

Main Idea #1: Pheobe was taken away very easily

Summary: Babies are usually protected for years after birth, but Pheobe was sent away just hours after she was born. She was not protected by her parents and she was taken far away to begin her life.


Quote: 
I had a difficult time swallowing the events that followed. Of believing that it could be so simple for the daughter to end up in another's hands, eventually skirted away to a distant city to be raised.

Question: Was David careless giving her to Caroline so quickly?


Main Idea #2: Lies last more than just the moment you tell them

Summary: David’s lie did not leave the moment he told it. His marriage became based on it and his wife’s grief came from his decision. Once Norah becomes so upset by her daughter’s death, the truth will only hurt her more than the lie she has been living in.

Quote: We witness the effects of the lie, the walls constructed to protect the liar, the lie, and the truth from being set free. It is no surprise the difficulties that arise in the marriage.


TITLE: Prenatal Peace of Mind
AUTHOR: Caitlin Stine
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2004

Main Idea #1: People can prevent carrying children with defects to full term

Summary: Pregnant women can have a test which can determine whether or not their baby has Down Syndrome. It can be done in the First trimester, when a pregnancy can be terminated as well.


Quote: Researchers found that the new first-trimester test for Down syndrome (Trisomy 21) and Edwards syndrome (Trisomy 18) appears to have a higher degree of accuracy than the standard second-trimester test, known as the triple screen. "This test more accurately predicted abnormalities with fewer false positives," says Ronald Wapner, M.D., chairman of obstetrics and gynecology at Drexel University College of Medicine, in Philadelphia, and lead author of the study.


Question: Would a test like this have helped Norah?