The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
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Chapter 1: March 1964 Chapter 2: March 1964 Chapter 3: March 1964 Chapter 4: March 1964 Chapter 5: February 1965 Chapter 6: March 1965 Chapter 7: May 1965 Chapter 8: May 1970 Chapter 9: May 1970 Chapter 10: June 1970 Chapter 11: July 1977 Chapter 12: August 1977 Chapter 13: August 1977 Chapter 14: September 1977 Chapter 15: April 1982 Chapter 16: April 1982 Chapter 17: April 1982 Chapter 18: April 1982 Chapter 19: July 1988 Chapter 20: July 1988 Chapter 21: November 1988 Chapter 22: July 1, 1989 Chapter 23: July 2-4, 1989 Chapter 24: September 1, 1989
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All Themes Secrets and Lies Memory and the Past Difference and Prejudice Families Born and Made
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Characters
All Characters Dr. David Henry Norah Henry Caroline Gill Simpson Paul Henry Phoebe Gill Simpson Bree Rosemary Albert “Al” Simpson Dorothy “Doro” March June Howard
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All Symbols Photography Snow Bees
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The Memory Keeper’s Daughter

by

Kim Edwards

The Memory Keeper’s Daughter Symbols

Photography

The most potent symbol throughout The Memory Keeper’s Daughter is that of photography—cameras, poses, and pictures. When Norah gifts David a camera for the first wedding anniversary they celebrate following the birth of Paul and…

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Snow

On the night Phoebe and Paul are born, an uncharacteristically serious snowstorm has hit Lexington, Kentucky. Snow blankets everything, and falls softly and dreamily as David and Norah make their way to the hospital. The…

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Bees

At around the same time in their lives, when they are young children, Phoebe and Paul experience swelling and anaphylaxis as a result of their allergies to bees. When Paul touches a dead bee on…

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