My Lie: A True Story of False Memory

by Meredith Maran

Meredith Maran lived a daughter's nightmare: she accused her father of sexual abuse, then realized, nearly too late, that he was innocent. During the 1980s and 1990s, tens of thousands of Americans became convinced that they had repressed memories of childhood sexual abuse, and then, decades later, recovered those memories in therapy. Journalist, mother, and daughter Meredith Maran was one of them. Her accusation and estrangement from her father caused...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470502142
• ISBN13: 9780470502143
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.1"