Who is Franklin from Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter and what is their importance? Falling_Leaves_(memoir) English & Literature Franklin | Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter

Franklin is Joseph's youngest son. Niang is his mother. He is described as spoiled and having the best of everything while his stepbrothers and sisters are provided with nothing more than the basics. Franklin's sister, Susan, is ignored along with her half-siblings. Franklin dies young, apparently the victim of eating unwashed strawberries fertilized with human waste.