DOI
https://doi.org/10.25772/P0P7-C005
Defense Date
2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts
Department
English
First Advisor
John C. McCown
Second Advisor
Harrison Candelaria Fletcher
Third Advisor
Elizabeth Canfield
Abstract
After the Fire is a novel exploring a mother and daughter as they are faced with shifts in socioeconomic status and cultures in 1970s Los Angeles. Haunted by the mysterious death of her sister and her father’s abandonment the daughter tries to fit herself into her changing world by giving up her own aspirations to seek replacements for what she lost. The mother is catapulted into financial survival as she uncovers the secrets of her missing husband’s past and comes to terms with the role she played in a life that was a lie. Use Your Words is a collection of linked creative non-fiction essays that examines how things said, and not said, create belief systems and identities, and explores the roles we take on when we speak up and when we stay silent.
Rights
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Is Part Of
VCU University Archives
Is Part Of
VCU Theses and Dissertations
Date of Submission
5-11-2016