Aku beli this bukz sekali dengan the Jeffrey Archer below.  Well, I was highly motivated with the "Top 5 bestseller" status given.  Compared with the Jeffrey Archer's story, I find the the synopsis for this particular book is quite intriguing and really curious to know what it is all about.  So, with the prinsip of "save the best for the last", I end up reading this after the Archer's.

As a summary, this story is about a dilemma of Dr. David Henry, a doctor cum husband that delivers his own twin baby -- the baby boy is a perfectly healthy child, while the baby girl has down-sydrome.  Back then around 1970's, down-sydrome is considered as an alien desease -- so most doctors would have advised the bearer for the down-sydrome to be sent to an instiution. 

Heartless you might say, but when the story revolves around Dr. David, you begin to understand why he have come out with the decision to send away his infant daughter to an institution.  Well, lucky for the baby girl because Dr. David's assistant, nurse Caroline Gill decided to take care of lil' Phoebe (the baby girl) after seeing how dreadful the institution is.

So, as we go through each pages, we'll see how David's split second decision could destroy his own dream of a happy family, and vice versa situation happens to Caroline. 

My personal review -- this book might or might not touch you emotionally.  Instead of condemning Dr. David Henry with his heartless decision, you'll end up feeling sorry for him, and instead, you'll loathe his own wife, Nora.  Well, in a way, that is an interesting twist in the story.

Unlike the title, this book doesn't tell much about 'The Memory Keeper's Daughter' or Phoebe, instead, it puts more effort on crafting the character of The Father aka Dr David.

The sub-chapter is just too long, and my focus is everywhere.  The early and middle chapter was not that bad, but as we get to the end of the story, it get simply -- boring.  Too many unnecessary details, and more details, and more details.  In a technical field, detail is good.  But in reading, it would be best for the most significant details.  Let it be MEMORABLE, and meaningful.  WIth all the details going in there, I forgot who is Leo or which one is Sandra. 

Is it an unputdownable book?  It's unputdownable because the sub-chapter is too long -- it's not really appropriate for me to stop reading in the middle of the story.  It's NOT-unputdownable because you'll get tired reading every details.

Out of 5 stars, I give 3.5 stars.  Extra point for opening my eyes about down-sydrome.  Last time, I went to the supermarket and saw this young girl with down-sydrome -- it's easy to recognise one, with their slightly slanted eyes and unique feature.  I smiled at her since she reminds me to the book, and to Phoebe, and it's interesting when she smiles back at you.  With that simple smile, I can feel her happiness, and I'm glad, that I can feel what Kim Edwards is trying to tell us about Phoebe.