Once upon a time : a true story of memory, murder, and the law
From Library Journal--In 1990, the public was shocked to hear Eileen Franklin accuse her father of sexually attacking and murdering her best friend 20 years ago. She claimed that she had recently recalled a repressed memory of the incident. Her father was subsequently charged with her friend's murder and found guilty. Exploring this case in depth, MacLean found that Franklin was basically convicted upon the uncorroborated recollections of his daughter. Every key fact in her "purported" eyewitness account was already public knowledge. Did Eileen really witness this crime or was this memory created in Eileen's mind, unwittingly or not, as an explanation of her troubled childhood? MacLean describes in detail the Franklins' family life and reveals the father's brutality and sexual depravity. Following the trial jury proceedings carefully, MacLean challenges the reader with the ultimate questions: Was George guilty? Were Eileen's recollections true? A well-paced, exciting narrative, grippingly told, this book belongs in most true crime collections
Print Book, English, ©1993
1st ed
HarperCollins, New York, ©1993