The Dream Keeper’s Daughter
This novel by Kim Edwards was really a bit of a downer – the blurb didn’t make it sound that way. I’m not much for reading a book about people’s problems especially when they don’t seem to ever ‘get over it’ and let the problem become their life. And that is what this book did to me although I did finish it. As far as I could tell, there were no loose ends at the end of the story, but I kept wanting to tell the doctor and his wife to get over it and get a life! They made life pretty miserable for their son. The nurse who raised their Down’s Syndrome daughter did a much better job at coping with what she had chosen to do. The blurb from booksfree copies too small to be a comfortable read so I’m retyping it here.
“In a tale spanning twenty-five years, a doctor delivers his newborn twins during a snowstorm and, rashly deciding to protect his wife from their baby daughter’s affliction with Down Syndrom, turns her over to a nurse (his own office nurse) who secretly raises the child.”
The nurse had worked for him for a number of years and fancied herself in love with him. She realized after a while that it wasn’t really love.
I really wanted to slap the doctor and his wife upside their heads with a 2×4 or something like it – I can’t believe how wrapped up in themselves they were.Â
Since I DID finish the book, I suppose the story was well written – I didn’t catch but one typo! – and as I mentioned there were no loose ends, but what can you do with two unsympathetic characters?Â
Jo