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The Memory Keeper's Daughter: A Novel

This novel delves into the complex relationship between a doctor and his deaf daughter, as he grapples with the moral implications of his actions. The story unfolds through a series of letters, revealing the profound impact of one family's choices on their lives and those around them. more

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Kim Edwards
Kim Edwards

Kim Edwards, born on May 4, 1958, is an American author known for her profound character development and emotional expression in her works, which primarily focus on women's lives and family relationships. more

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“Imagine a person who comes in here tonight and argues 'no air exists' but continues to breathe air while he argues. Now intellectually, atheists continue to breathe - they continue to use reason and draw scientific conclusions [which assumes an orderly universe], to make moral judgments [which assumes absolute values] - but the atheistic view of things would in theory make such 'breathing' impossible. They are breathing God's air all the time they are arguing against him.”

“As you read a book word by word and page by page, you participate in its creation, just as a cellist playing a Bach suite participates, note by note, in the creation, the coming-to-be, the existence, of the music. And, as you read and re-read, the book of course participates in the creation of you, your thoughts and feelings, the size and temper of your soul.”