Photography
The most potent symbol throughout The Memory Keeper’s Daughter is that of photography—cameras, poses, and pictures. When Norah gifts David a camera for the first wedding anniversary they celebrate following the birth of Paul and…
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Snow
On the night Phoebe and Paul are born, an uncharacteristically serious snowstorm has hit Lexington, Kentucky. Snow blankets everything, and falls softly and dreamily as David and Norah make their way to the hospital. The…
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Bees
At around the same time in their lives, when they are young children, Phoebe and Paul experience swelling and anaphylaxis as a result of their allergies to bees. When Paul touches a dead bee on…
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