KIM EDWARDS

Families have secrets they hide even from themselves... It should have been an ordinary birth, the start of an ordinary happy family. But the night Dr David Henry delivers his wifes twins is a night that will haunt five lives for ever. For though Davids son is a healthy boy, his daughter has Downs syndrome.

With The Memory Keepers Daughter, Kim Edwards touched hearts across the nation. In this, her first collection of storiesnow with three new stories addedshe explores the lives of those who exist on the fringes of society: a fire-eater, an American and his Korean war bride, Madame Curies maid, and others. Though their tales vary dramatically, each comes up against the barriers of place and circumstance in the most universal of experiences: the quest to discover and understand the elusive mysteries of love. Transporting readers to exotic locations, this beautiful collection reinforces Edwardss presence as an extraordinarily gifted writer.

"Ein Roman zum Bewundern, Betrauern und Begeistertsein." BamS Wie kann eine Frau weiterleben, wenn ihr das Kind genommen wird?Schmerzhaftund schönerzählt Kim Edwards die Schicksalsgeschichte einer Familie. Sie berichtet von Trennungen und Neuanfängen und der erlösenden Kraft der Liebe. "Die Tochter des Fotografen" ist ein überwältigendes Epos über das Lebensglück und Lebensleid. Der Roman war in den USA der Erfolg des Jahres, wochenlang stand er auf Platz 1 der Bestsellerlisten.

In ihrem neuen Bestseller erzählt Kim Edwards mit der Hingabe und Fabulierlust einer Weltreisenden, die bei der Rückkehr ungeahnte Schätze enthüllt. So lernen wir einen Feuerschlucker kennen, der in Liebe entflammt, einen Kriegsheimkehrer und seine asiatische Braut und eine geheimnisvolle Frau, deren Leben mit dem von Marie Curie verwoben ist.

The multi-million copy bestseller, Kim Edwards The Memory Keeper''s Daughter is a moving and poignant novel about grief, family and betrayal. Families have secrets they hide even from themselves...It should have been an ordinary birth, the start of an ordinary happy family. But the night Dr David Henry delivers his wife''s twins is a night that will haunt five lives for ever. For though David''s son is a healthy boy, his daughter has Down''s syndrome. And, in a shocking act of betrayal whose consequences only time will reveal, he tells his wife their daughter died while secretly entrusting her care to a nurse. As grief quietly tears apart David''s family, so a little girl must make her own way in the world as best she can. Penguin by Hand is a collection comprising six of Penguin''s most popular women''s fiction titles of recent years, all with new and beautiful craft-inspired jackets.

From the author of the bestselling and beloved novel The Memory Keepers Daughter Kim Edwards, comes a mesmerising story of startling family secrets and lies in the Sunday Times bestselling novel The Lake of Dreams.The darkest secrets are the ones we hide from ourselves. . . Ten years ago, traumatized by her fathers death, Lucy left her home and her country. Now, she returns to her familys rambling lakeside home to lay old ghosts to rest. Sleepless one night, Lucy makes a momentous discovery. Locked in a moonlit window seat is a collection of family heirlooms - objects whose secrets no one was ever supposed to find. Piecing together her familys true history, she realises that the story she has always been told was a fiction . . . Mesmerizing and haunting, The Lake of Dreams is a startling story of family secrets and lies, lost love and redemption, and of the many pieces and puzzles that make up a life. An emotional novel with lyrical touchesSunday TimesBeautifully plotted and breathtakingly accomplishedDaily ExpressAn absorbing, perceptive and moving taleDaily MailA powerful sagaGood HousekeepingAn epic of discovery and deceptionSheA page-turnerRedKim Edwards is the author of the bestselling The Memory Keepers Daughter and a collection of short stories, The Secrets of a Fire King. Her honours include the Whiting Award and the Nelson Algren Award, as well as the Kentucky Literary Award, a National Magazine Award, and a grant from the NEA.She is Associate Professor of English at the University of Kentucky.

The multi-million copy bestseller, Kim Edwards The Memory Keepers Daughter is a moving and poignant novel about grief, family and betrayal.Families have secrets they hide even from themselves...It should have been an ordinary birth, the start of an ordinary happy family. But the night Dr David Henry delivers his wifes twins is a night that will haunt five lives for ever.For though Davids son is a healthy boy, his daughter has Downs syndrome. And, in a shocking act of betrayal whose consequences only time will reveal, he tells his wife their daughter died while secretly entrusting her care to a nurse.As grief quietly tears apart Davids family, so a little girl must make her own way in the world as best she can.Crafted with language so lovely you have to reread the passages just to be captivated all over again . . . this is simply a beautiful book Jodi Picoult I loved this riveting story with its intricate characters and beautiful language Sue Monk Kidd, author of the best-selling, The Secret Life of BeesKim Edwards is the author of the short-story collection The Secrets of the Fire King, which was an alternate for the 1998 PEN/Hemingway Award, and has won the Whiting Award and the Nelson Algren Award. Her second novel, The Lake of Dreams, is available from Penguin. She is an assistant professor of English at the University of Kentucky.

El invierno de 1964, una repentina tormenta cubre de nieve el área de Lexington, Kentucky. Las carreteras son peligrosas, pero el doctor David Henry está decidido a conducir al hospital a su mujer, Norah, para que pueda dar a luz a su primer hijo. Pronto se hace evidente que las carreteras son demasiado traicioneras y decide pararse en su propia consulta medica. Aqui, con la ayuda de su enfermera, Caroline, puede asistir al parto de su hijo, Paul. Pero, de manera inesperada, Norah pare una segunda criatura, una niña, Phoebe, en quien David reconoce inmediatamente el sindrome de Down.David decide ahorrar a su mujer lo que entiende como una vida de padecimientos. Entrega la niña a Caroline junto con la direccion de la casa donde quiere que la deje, sin imaginar ni anticipar de que manera su accion servira para destruir todo aquello que pretende proteger. Entonces se gira hacia Norah y le dice: La pequeña ha muerto en el momento de nacer.Pero tal como muestra de forma elocuente La hija de la memoria, la vida es una imagen en movimiento, que se desarrolla y cambia fuera de nuestro control. A pesar de que deseamos congelar un momento, volver al pasado o alterar los acontecimientos, el tiempo nos empuja hacia delante. Con esta novela conmovedora pero llena de esperanza, Kim Edwards explora los misterios del dolor i el amor y el poder de la verdad, tanto para desestabilizar como para curar.

El invierno de 1964, una repentina tormenta cubre de nieve el área de Lexington, Kentucky. Las carreteras son peligrosas, pero el doctor David Henry está decidido a conducir al hospital a su mujer, Norah, para que pueda dar a luz a su primer hijo. Pronto se hace evidente que las carreteras son demasiado traicioneras y decide pararse en su propia consulta medica. Aqui, con la ayuda de su enfermera, Caroline, puede asistir al parto de su hijo, Paul. Pero, de manera inesperada, Norah pare una segunda criatura, una niña, Phoebe, en quien David reconoce inmediatamente el sindrome de Down. David decide ahorrar a su mujer lo que entiende como una vida de padecimientos. Entrega la niña a Caroline junto con la direccion de la casa donde quiere que la deje, sin imaginar ni anticipar de que manera su accion servira para destruir todo aquello que pretende proteger. Pero tal como muestra de forma elocuente La hija de la memoria, la vida es una imagen en movimiento, que se desarrolla y cambia fuera de nuestro control. Con esta novela conmovedora pero llena de esperanza, Kim Edwards explora los misterios del dolor i el amor y el poder de la verdad, tanto para desestabilizar como para curar.

Young, fiery and bright, Eshlaini has her whole future ahead of her until her father condemns her to a life of spinsterhood.Joyce has settled into Malaysian life after thirty years as an ex-pat wife or so she thinks, until a newcomer arrives and reveals just how little of her home she knows.Jade Moon wants the best for her family but, surrounded by Americans who reject her Korean traditions, she must first work out what the best means.Though cultures and distances separate them, their experiences reflect our universal fears and desires. From a breathtaking island off Singapore to upstate New York and France, Kim Edwards takes in the world, compassionately and gracefully exploring the obstacles of time, place and circumstance in all of our quests for love, happiness and acceptance.

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