The Memory Keepers Daughter

This was an interesting book. I don't really know how to explain how I feel about it. It's about a doctor who has to deliver his own twin babies in the middle of a snow storm in 1964. His son was born perfect-but his daughter was born with down syndrome. He makes a split second decision to take her to an institution & gives her to the nurse to deliver her there, telling his wife she had died at birth. The nurse ends up keeping Phoebe (the baby) & raises her as her own. The doctor, his wife & son stuggle their entire lives over the missing girl. At parts the book was really long & depressing-the mother still so deeply affecting by her daughter's death 5, 10, even 20 years later. The marriage between David & Norah (doctor & wife) was really annoying to read through. There was a wall between them & they lived seperate, miserable lives, and yet they stayed together most of the story...even though Norah had numerous affairs that David was well aware of. It was exhausting to read. The ending really didn't bring closure for me, but it definetly kept me on the edge of my seat, waiting to see what would happen to the crazy family.