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Hannah Lee
Ms. Pacheco
English I Honors
August 28 2014
Weekly Book Report
Edwards, Kim.The Memory Keeper’s Daughter.New York: Penguin Books, 2005.401.
Number of pages read this week: 25
Characters: Dr. David Henry, Norah Henry (David’s wife), Nurse Caroline Gill, Phoebe Henry and Paul Henry (Henry and Norah’s twins)
Plot: (Describe the plot in one paragraph.) Norah is still not over the loss of her daughter a year later. She and David moved into a larger home in order to help her mental state. Even with a bigger and better house, she goes to the old house every week to just remember all the old memories. One night, she becomes intoxicated and decides to drive out to the old house. She ends up almost crashing the car, and a man comes …show more content…
She refuses and makes up an excuse to why she was not driving properly. David finds out about her drive and again, becomes furious. After they have settled down, they both exchange anniversary gifts. Norah and David are in a temporary state of peace again. After a year with Phoebe, Caroline finally gets a stable job. She becomes an in-home nurse for an elderly man with a disease. At first, Caroline and his daughter, Dorothy, do not get along. During her interview, Caroline had no choice but to bring the baby along with her. Dorothy laughed at her and never thought that she would hire someone her. Caroline refused to give more on her background because of where Phoebe came from. She could not tell her where she previously worked in order to protect Phoebe’s identity. It has been a year since this happened and Caroline became quite close to Dorothy. Both Dorothy and Caroline learn to respect each other and become friends. Phoebe shows more signs of down syndrome and slow development, such as not being able to sit up at the normal age. Dorothy began to notice this and Caroline makes up a lie that her husband did not want
Hannah Lee
Ms. Pacheco
English I Honors
August 28 2014
Weekly Book Report
Edwards, Kim.The Memory Keeper’s Daughter.New York: Penguin Books, 2005.401.
Number of pages read this week: 25
Characters: Dr. David Henry, Norah Henry (David’s wife), Nurse Caroline Gill, Phoebe Henry and Paul Henry (Henry and Norah’s twins)
Plot: (Describe the plot in one paragraph.) Norah is still not over the loss of her daughter a year later. She and David moved into a larger home in order to help her mental state. Even with a bigger and better house, she goes to the old house every week to just remember all the old memories. One night, she becomes intoxicated and decides to drive out to the old house. She ends up almost crashing the car, and a man comes …show more content…
She refuses and makes up an excuse to why she was not driving properly. David finds out about her drive and again, becomes furious. After they have settled down, they both exchange anniversary gifts. Norah and David are in a temporary state of peace again. After a year with Phoebe, Caroline finally gets a stable job. She becomes an in-home nurse for an elderly man with a disease. At first, Caroline and his daughter, Dorothy, do not get along. During her interview, Caroline had no choice but to bring the baby along with her. Dorothy laughed at her and never thought that she would hire someone her. Caroline refused to give more on her background because of where Phoebe came from. She could not tell her where she previously worked in order to protect Phoebe’s identity. It has been a year since this happened and Caroline became quite close to Dorothy. Both Dorothy and Caroline learn to respect each other and become friends. Phoebe shows more signs of down syndrome and slow development, such as not being able to sit up at the normal age. Dorothy began to notice this and Caroline makes up a lie that her husband did not want