Edwards, Kim 1958-

The memory keeper's daughter by Kim Edwards( Book )
102 editions published between 1984 and 2011 in 18 languages and held by 4,041 libraries worldwide
Award-winning writer Kim Edwards's The Memory Keeper's Daughter is a brilliantly crafted family drama that explores every mother's silent fear: what would happen if you lost your child and she grew up without you? On a winter night in 1964, Dr. David Henry is forced by a blizzard to deliver his own twins. His son, born first, is perfectly healthy. Yet when his daughter is born, he sees immediately that she has Down's syndrome. Rationalizing it as a need to protect Norah, his wife, he makes a split second decision that will alter all of their lives forever. He asks his nurse to take the baby away to an institution and never to reveal the secret. But Caroline, the nurse, cannot leave the infant. Instead, she disappears into another city to raise the child herself. So begins this beautifully told story that unfolds over a quarter of a century in which these two families, ignorant of each other, are yet bound by David Henry's fateful decision that long-ago winter night. A rich and deeply moving page-turner, The Memory Keeper's Daughter captures the way life takes unexpected turns and how the mysterious ties that hold a family together help us survive the heartache that occurs when long-buried secrets burst into the open. It is an astonishing tale of redemptive love.

The lake of dreams by Kim Edwards( Book )
14 editions published between 2007 and 2011 in English and held by 2,138 libraries worldwide
In this book, the author tells the story of a woman's homecoming, a family secret, and the old house that holds the key to the true legacy of a family. At a crossroads in her life, Lucy Jarrett returns home from Japan, only to find herself haunted by her father's unresolved death a decade ago. Old longings stirred up by Keegan Fall, a local glass artist who was once her passionate first love, lead her into the unexpected. Late one night, as she paces the hallways of her family's rambling lakeside house, she discovers, locked in a window seat, a collection of objects that first appear to be useless curiosities. But soon they reveal a deeper and more complex family past. As Lucy discovers and explores the traces of her lineage from an heirloom tapestry and dusty political tracts to a web of allusions depicted in stained glass windows throughout upstate New York, the family story she has always known is shattered. Lucy's quest for the truth reconfigures her family's history, links her to a unique slice of the suffragette movement, and yields dramatic insights that embolden her to live freely. With surprises at every turn, this is a saga in which every element emerges as a carefully place piece of the puzzle.

The secrets of a fire king : stories by Kim Edwards( Book )
12 editions published between 1997 and 2008 in English and held by 885 libraries worldwide
Eleven stories set in various parts of the world. In Sky Juice, a girl in Malaysia escapes prostitution by becoming a mail-order bride, The Way It Felt to Be Falling is on a woman sky diver, and in The Story of My Life a woman discovers her anti-abortion mother is no saint herself.

The secrets of a fire king [stories by Kim Edwards( Sound Recording )
11 editions published between 1997 and 2007 in English and Undetermined and held by 266 libraries worldwide
A collection of stories featuring strong women.

Intergenerational relations and aging : a selected bibliography by Vern L Bengtson( Book )
6 editions published in 1975 in English and held by 158 libraries worldwide

Die Tochter des Fotografen : Roman by Kim Edwards( Book )
5 editions published between 2007 and 2010 in German and held by 21 libraries worldwide

Wondrous women( Sound Recording )
1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 17 libraries worldwide
"Anyone she touched at the party that night would remain eternally in her power, she thought, smiling at herself in the mirror ... From The Red Fox Fur Coat by Teolinda Gers & atilde; Strong female protagonists grace this collection celebrating women in all their incarnations young and old: mothers, sisters, daughters, grandmothers, lovers, widows ... and a 70-year-old nun ...

Gebroken licht by Kim Edwards( Book )
6 editions published between 2005 and 2011 in Dutch and held by 13 libraries worldwide
Wanneer een arts na de bevalling van zijn tweeling besluit het meisje met het syndroom van Down mee te geven aan de assisterende verpleegster en het kind verder dood te zwijgen voor zijn vrouw, heeft dat verstrekkende gevolgen voor de rest van zijn leven.

The onion lady by Kim Edwards( Book )
2 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 12 libraries worldwide

Een vrouw van glas by Kim Edwards( Book )
1 edition published in 2011 in Dutch and held by 12 libraries worldwide
Een jonge vrouw gaat op zoek naar antwoorden omtrent de dood van haar vader om inzicht te krijgen in zichzelf en haar houding ten opzichte van haar vader..