One Day She'll Darken: The Mysterious Beginnings of Fauna Hodel
by Fauna Hodel, JR Briamonte
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The inspiration for the TNT TV series I Am the Night.The Black Dahlia Murder is near-legend in the annals of true crime. But behind the shocking case of a young actress's gruesome slaying lies the story of another woman. Was Fauna Hodel the child of incest, and the catalyst for a sensational trial that left her well-to-do family scarred by scandal, even as the accused sexual predator walked free? Taken as an infant from her teenage mother, Fauna was placed in the care of a working-class show more black woman, who raised the white child as her own. Together, as a close-knit mother and daughter, they weathered years of poverty and bigotry, alcoholism and sexual abuse, pregnancy and even death—until the time came for Fauna to seek out her real mother, and uncover her lost past. But as Fauna will learn, some truths don't want to be told. Now includes an 8-page photo insert from Fauna's personal collection.
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Classified as "biography, women", this book received some publicity in conjunction with the made for TV "I am the Night". It sounded fascinating, a supposed biracial child given to poor black parents with tie-in to the LA Black Dahlia murder. The conversations included are claimed to be factual recall, but at best they've been embellished, if not created. The mothers were credited as great storytellers. The child at the center of this book was able to make something of her life, but this is mostly a tale of a child with an unorthodox upbringing.
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- I Am the Night (2019 | IMDb)
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- Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction
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- 362.82 — Society, government, & culture Social problems and social services Social Welfare Problems of and services to other groups Families
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- HV874.82 .H63 .H63 — Social sciences Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Protection, assistance and relief Special classes Children Destitute, neglected, and abandoned
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