The Memory Keeper's Daughter

The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards

     Over the summer, I read 'The Memory Keepers Daughter' by Kim Edwards. It is about a girl with Down Syndrome who was given away by her father without the mother knowing and how it affected all their lives. One character that changed a lot throughout the course of the story was Caroline, the lady who took Phoebe, the daughter. She went from being the father's assistant in the doctors office to a mother who would do anything for her adopted daughter.

     In the beginning, when the father tells Caroline to give his daughter to and adoption agency that was recommended to him, she obeys. When she drives to the agency, she realizes that it is not a good place, but doesn't want to be stuck with an hours old baby. But she realizes she has no choice and takes her in. I don't think that the Caroline that had just been an assistant in his office would have done that if she hadn't seen him glance at the baby that deserved a chance and didn't get one. She probably thought that the mother wouldn't have wanted her baby to be put in a foster home, because Caroline wouldn't have wanted that either. she starts to fall in love with the baby probably at that moment.

     When Caroline starts to base her life around Phoebe, you can tell that she really loves her. I don't think that she would've married Al if Phoebe didn't agree. She probably got a husband partly so that Phoebe could have a dad. Also, she found a whole new place to live probably so that Phoebe wouldn't have to deal with her father rejecting her at birth. I know that life would have been a lot harder for everyone involved, especially Phoebe's mother, if they saw Phoebe walking with Caroline one day and Caroline realized that the mom didn't know who Phoebe was and Caroline told her.

     these are some reasons that show how Caroline has changed and how much she cares for Phoebe.