金·愛德華茲:生於德州,長於紐約,現為肯德基大學英文係助理教授,常於各地舉辦寫作工作坊,著有短篇小說集《火王的秘密》。《不存在的女兒》是她齣版的第一部長篇小說。
她是美國各大文學奬項的常勝客。2002年她獲得懷丁基金會的懷丁作傢奬(Whiting Award),1998年則人選海明威文學奬。她還得過芝加哥論壇報舉辦的倪爾森愛格林奬(Nelson Algren Award),全國雜誌奬(National Magazine Award)等等。
Kim Edwardss stunning family drama evokes the spirit of Sue Miller and Alice Sebold, articulating every mothers 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 Keepers Daughter" is an astonishing tale of redemptive love. BACKCOVER: Edwards is a born novelist. . . . Rich with psychological detail and the nuances of human connection. "Chicago Tribune" Unfolds 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. Sue Monk Kidd Anyone would be struck by the extraordinary power and sympathy of "The Memory Keepers Daughter." "The Washington Post" Kim Edwards has written a novel so mesmerizing that I devoured it. . . . "The Memory Keepers Daughter" has it all. Sena Jeter Naslund Kim Edwards has created a tale of regret and redemption, of honest emotion, of characters haunted by their past. This is simply a beautiful book. Jodi Picoult
發表於2024-09-16
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