The Memory Keeper's Daughter Section 4 #4

In the novel The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards, Norah learns of the significance of the dark room. Throughout the novel, I have learned the significance of the dark room for David. The dark room seems to hold all of David's secrets. The dark room is where he hides all the letters and the pictures that he has received from Caroline about Phoebe. The dark room also contains a significant amount of money that is hidden from Norah. But, in the fourth section of the novel, Norah finds out the significance of the dark room. She finds all the letters and photographs from Caroline. "Norah picked up the first box" (Edwards, 364). She learns the truth about what happened that night during the blizzard. The dark room symbolized both regret and relief for David and Norah. It was regret for David because it held all of the life that he could have had with Phoebe. For Norah, it was relief because she finally knew the truth about what really happened.