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Edwards, KimElton, CharlesThe Memory Keeper’s DaughterArticulates every mother’s silent fear:what would happen if you lost your childand she grew up without you? In 1964,when a blizzard forces Dr. David Henryto deliver his own twins, he immediatelyrecognizes that one of them has DownSyndrome and makes a split-seconddecision that will haunt all their livesforever. Compulsively readable anddeeply moving, The Memory Keeper’sDaughter is an astonishing tale ofredemptive love.Mr ToppitAnd out of the Darkwood Mr Toppitcomes, and he comes not for you, orfor me, but for all of us... When theauthor of The Hayseed Chronicles, ArthurHayman, is mown down by a concretetruck in Soho, his legacy passes to hiswidow, Martha, and her children - thefragile Rachel, and Luke, reluctantlyimmortalised as Luke Hayseed, the centralcharacter of his father’s books. But otherswant their share, particularly Laurie, whohas a mysterious agenda of her own thatchanges all their lives. For buried deepin the books lie secrets which threatento be revealed as the family begins tocrumble under the heavy burden of theirinheritance. Not since Jonathan Coe’sWhat a Carve Up! has a novel managedto capture a family and a society to suchwonderfully funny and painful effect.24