The Memory Keeper's Daughter

金·爱德华兹：生于德州，长于纽约，现为肯德基大学英文系助理教授，常于各地举办写作工作坊，著有短篇小说集《火王的秘密》。《不存在的女儿》是她出版的第一部长篇小说。她是美国各大文学奖项的常胜客。2002年她获得怀丁基金会的怀丁作家奖(Whiting Award)，1998年则人选海明威文学奖。她还得过芝加哥论坛报举办的倪尔森爱格林奖(Nelson Algren Award)，全国杂志奖(National Magazine Award)等等。

出版者:Penguin Books

作者:Kim Edwards

页数:401

出版时间:2006-6-1

价格:USD 16.00

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780143037149

图书标签:小说英文原版外国文学daughter美国keeper'smemory文学

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Kim Edwardsas stunning family drama evokes the spirit of Sue Miller and Alice Sebold, articulating every motheras silent fear: what would happen if you lost your child and she grew up without you? In 1964, when a blizzard forces Dr. David Henry to deliver his own twins, he immediately recognizes that one of them has Down Syndrome and makes a split-second decision that will haunt all their lives forever. He asks his nurse to take the baby away to an institution and to keep her birth a secret. Instead, she disappears into another city to raise the child as her own. Compulsively readable and deeply moving, "The Memory Keeperas Daughter" is an astonishing tale of redemptive love. BACKCOVER: aEdwards is a born novelist. . . . Rich with psychological detail and the nuances of human connection.a a"Chicago Tribune" aUnfolds from an absolutely gripping premise, drawing you deeply and irrevocably into the entangled lives of two families and the devastating secret that shaped them both. I loved this riveting story.a aSue Monk Kidd aAnyone would be struck by the extraordinary power and sympathy of "The Memory Keeperas Daughter."a a"The Washington Post" aKim Edwards has written a novel so mesmerizing that I devoured it. . . . "The Memory Keeperas Daughter" has it all.a aSena Jeter Naslund aKim Edwards has created a tale of regret and redemption, of honest emotion, of characters haunted by their past. This is simply a beautiful book.a aJodi Picoult

读后感

这本书，已经有台湾译本了，叫做《不存在的女儿》（http://www.douban.com/subject/2054766/） ，情节概要那里有。 我只是感叹，为何世上机缘巧合造成的伤心事如此之多？ 他，是一名年轻有为的医生。 她，使一位豆蔻年华的少女。 在购物商场里，他与她相逢了，虽然没有爱情...  

黑色的底，上面漂浮着一件雪白的婴儿女装，下面用白色的字写着：不存在的女儿，我看到这个封面，我的心一阵颤栗，有些害怕，同时又感到有一股强烈的吸引力，让我借了这本书。书借回来后总是倒着放，封面压底，我总是不敢正眼瞧封面，看到封面总会有一股凉意蔓延全身。其实...  

这是一本严肃的书。尽管它主题温润，用词柔缓美妙，也有一个圆满的大结局。断断续续看了很久，回想时发现心里留下的不是一个故事，而是那些正在或可能发生在你我生命中的片段。它们是如此真切，让我久久不敢直面。 当心里有了秘密，你会如何应对生活？《不存在的女儿》所讲述...  

用户评价

存这个吧。非整个英文的脑子不正常

很赞的故事～～非常感人，只是不知中文翻译的版本怎样——一看不存在的女儿这个书名的翻译我就吐槽无力…好吧…虽然确实不太好翻＝＝

早年读的书了。不怎么喜欢

很赞的故事～～非常感人，只是不知中文翻译的版本怎样——一看不存在的女儿这个书名的翻译我就吐槽无力…好吧…虽然确实不太好翻＝＝

哪哪都那么到位