Once Upon a Time: A True Story of Memory, Murder, and the Law

by Harry N. MacLean

Book Overview

Tells the story of Eileen Franklin, providing an examination of the phenomenon of suppressed memory and its legal implications, as well as the psychopathology of a deeply dysfunctional family. The book gives a day-by-day account of the trial. Harry MacLean is the author of Broad Daylight.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 006016543X
• ISBN13: 9780060165437
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Did he or didn't he?

Very well written, but disturbing story of a woman's repressed memory of child abuse, rape and murder. I have no doubt that Eileen Franklin's father was guilty of some of Eileen's accusations, but I'm uncertain whether or not he murdered her friend. Eileen seems to have a lot of emotional issues that made me question her credibility, in addition to her constantly changing stories. But her mother, brother and sisters were able to corroborate on the abuse so at least some of what she said must have been true. I was engrossed in the book and had a hard time putting it down. Harry Maclean has done a great job.