The Memory Keeper's Daughter

I did it! I finished a book! Okay, sure, it took me 48 days from the birth of Henry to do so but still! (Yes, all of the previous sentences are exclamation point worthy.)

So, a review. I don't really want to write one. The book was enjoyable, an easy albeit somewhat slow read. The story is about a man who decides, when his baby is born with Down Syndrome - it's the twin of a first-born son who is perfect, to have the baby sent away to an institution unbeknownst to the mother. The plot twist? The nurse he gives the baby to decides to take care of the child herself. (And that is something you learn on the back cover of the book so I'm not giving anything away.) As expected, this wreaks havoc on the family as the father suffers under the weight of the secret and the mother, who is told her twin daughter is dead, cannot recover from the loss. It doesn't take a literary detective to figure out how the book ends.