when does the memory keeper daughter take place
1964
title: The Memory Keeper's Daughter text: Norah's twins with the help of a nurse, Caroline Gill. Their first child, a boy they name Paul, is born a healthy perfect child, but when the second baby is born, Phoebe, David notices she has Down syndrome. David, recalling the possibility of a heart defect and early death (which his younger sister June had had; dying at the young age of twelve) and decides that the baby girl will be placed in an institution. Caroline was given the baby to take to the institution, but simply didn't like the conditions. She decides to keep and raise the baby, who title: The Memory Keeper's Daughter text: is named Phoebe. While Caroline is at the store, her car runs out of fuel and she is stranded in the snow with Phoebe. She is picked up by a truck driver, Al Simpson, who drives them to Caroline's home. Meanwhile, David tells Norah that their daughter died at birth. After hearing that Caroline had kept Phoebe rather than take her to the institution, David bids her to do what she thinks is right. Caroline leaves for Pittsburgh to make a fresh start with Phoebe. The "death" of their daughter has caused a rift in David and Norah's marriage. They title: The Memory Keeper's Daughter text: Caroline begin regular visits, and romance begins to bloom between them. Six years later, the distance between the Henrys has increased. David is now an aspiring photographer with his own darkroom, where he keeps Phoebe's pictures and Caroline's letters locked away. He immerses himself in his work. Norah drinks secretly and becomes overprotective of Paul. In Pittsburgh, Phoebe is growing up a healthy child despite her mental disabilities and David's negative predictions at her birth. Caroline and the Upside Down Society, a group of other parents of Down syndrome children, petition the school system to mainstream their children in public title: The Memory Keeper's Daughter text: The Memory Keeper's Daughter The Memory Keeper's Daughter is a novel by American author Kim Edwards that tells the story of a man who gives away his newborn daughter, who has Down syndrome, to one of the nurses. Published by Viking Press in June 2005, the novel garnered great interest via word of mouth in the summer of 2006 and placed on the New York Times Paperback Bestsellers List. The novel was adapted into a television film and premiered on Lifetime Television on April 12, 2008. In early March of 1964, Dr. David Henry is forced to deliver his wife title: The Memory Keeper's Daughter text: syndrome. A television film adaptation premiered on Lifetime Television on April 12, 2008. The film's cast includes Dermot Mulroney as David, Gretchen Mol as Norah, and Emily Watson as Caroline. The adolescent and adult Phoebe is played by Krystal Hope Nausbaum, an actress with Down syndrome. The movie eliminates the characters of Doro, her father Leo, Rosemary and her son Jack. Portions of the movie were shot in Windsor, Nova Scotia. On its premiere, 5.82 million viewers watched the film and it received a 4.0 household rating. The movie was also the most watched show on cable for the week