The trial of Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme for the murder of Pauline’s mother in 1954 was a national sensation in New Zealand. In the years afterward, interest in the case still remained.
At least two non-fiction books examined the mysterious fantasy world the teenagers had created for themselves, trying to make sense of what Pauline referred to in her journal as “the happy event.”
In England, a woman named Beryl Bainbridge decided to write about the case as she embarked upon a career as an author of fiction that explored psychological issues.
Bainbridge wrote a novel about the horrific inci...
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