[6] "Frank's mother, a homemaker who hid her depression, prescribed rigid Catholicism and strict gender roles, insisting on Holly Hobbie wallpaper in her daughter's room and baking impeccable pies.

"[1] Frank studied English and earned a master's in film production at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

[10][11] Cherry Hill: a Childhood Reimagined (2020) is a memoir in which Frank reconstructs scenes from her youth using staged photographs, a lavish set and production, costumes, props and wardrobe.

[1] According to Ayla Angelos writing for It's Nice That, "the exceptionally poised photographs elaborately allude to a young girl's struggle growing up in a stifling suburban dwelling.

"[9] As described by Dana Goodyear in The New Yorker, "Frank documents her family's quiet implosion: her mother, deteriorating, would silently retreat to her room, in a pink robe, and emerge, pockets full of Kleenex; her beloved older brother, who hid his sexuality, had a psychotic breakdown.