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Elena asked this question about The Memory Keeper's Daughter:
i don't understand - how did Nora have a memorial for the daughter if there was no body?! How did they explain the missing baby body and why there couldn't be a funeral?! What did Nora think - where did the baby's body go?!
Megan Blaney Another part of it may be, and Nora admits this herself, that it was a point in time where the wife was in a lot of ways subservient to the husband. H…moreAnother part of it may be, and Nora admits this herself, that it was a point in time where the wife was in a lot of ways subservient to the husband. Her grief allowed her to push, but not far enough. She acquiesced because her husband was supposed to know better than she. It's one of the biggest themes of the book, how that dynamic initially shaped their marriage, how she finally rebelled against it, how it hurt them both. (Alongside the "death" of her daughter.)

As far as no one else questioning the missing body, it probably had to do with the doctor's connections, although it isn't really explained in the book, as far as I can remember.(less)
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