BLOG 2 pgs. 70-122

"But what if they simply erased those growth and development charts, with their precise, constricting points and curves? What if they kept their expectations but erased the time line? What harm could it do? Why not try?" (page 98)

In the section titled March 1965 it begins with Caroline who ended up being a nurse for a retired doctor in Pittsberg. Doro, Leo March's daughter, was a PhD and was one of Caroline's only friends in this new town. When Phoebe ever has problem's Doro is always there to help out and cure her. The next day her friend Sandra comes over so Tim, her son, and Phoebe can play. Caroline met Sandra once while intensively studying about Down's syndrome and getting extremely frustrted in the process. Ever since they decided to have playdates and learn more about this disease to improve their children's mental health. This is nicely described in the quote above. 

BOOK REFLECTION

For outside reading I'm reading a book called The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards. The main reason why I'm reading it is because it has been sitting on my book shelf for a really long time and I've always been curious about it. My mom has been recommending it for about a year but I always get sidetracked by other random novels or the novels that we have to read for school. On both the front and back covers of the book are quotes from other authors praising the book. Also, this book is extremely worn in for the amount of times my mom has read it so from the first section it's already promising to be a great read. 

Outside Reading: Blog 1

For outside reading, I'm reading a book called The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards. This novel is about a doctor by the name of Dr. David Henry and his wife Norah who live in the year 1964 in Lexington, Kentucky. One day during the middle of a blizzard, his wife starts to go into labor causing them to drive to his clinic that he works at to deliver their child. The doctor they called in got stuck in the snow leaving just Dr. Henry and his nurse that works for him to deliver this baby. Unknown to him, his wife had twins but one was born mentally challenged which he didn't want to have to struggle with during his life so he gave the baby to Caroline, the nurse, and told her to take it to a clinic. In the mean time he has to tell his wife that one of the twins died. She decides to have a church service for it and invite all her friends to mourn the death of the baby. When she tells her husband he replies, "You're making a mountain out of a molehill, Norah. Which, I suppose, its understandable." This quote symbolizes that Dr. Henry thinks his wife is making a big deal out of nothing when really it is totally understandable since she needs a way to overcome the death of a child.