“It was . . . I think the fallibility of memory has always intrigued me. How it works, its role in criminal investigations, identification, prosecution, trials. How our own minds can deceive, and protect us from pain. And here was a perfect case in point. A forgotten crime. But not entirely erased. In some ways it had been oozing just under Gloria’s consciousness her entire life. It fueled her drinking, her self-destructive behaviors, her inability to form proper relationships.”
