Date of Award
Spring 5-2021
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
English
Program/Concentration
Creative Writing
Committee Director
Luisa A. Igloria
Committee Member
Ben Naka-Hasebe Kingsley
Committee Member
Delores B. Phillips
Abstract
Storied, Healing is a collection of hybrid memoir essays that ultimately serve as a love letter to the people, stories, and fixations that have brought me solace, clarity, and healing from the trauma I have experienced, the abuse I have endured, and the questions I have posed as a Chinese adoptee. Each essay focuses on a specific aspect of my journey from disillusionment about my adoption and past to healing through loving and learning about people, fairy tales, and other fixations. I hope that this manuscript will help people, especially adoptees and victims of abuse, know that they are not alone and that they can indeed survive what they feel like they cannot.
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DOI
10.25777/3hvb-hc49
Recommended Citation
Nizankiewicz, Lili L..
"Storied, Healing"
(2021). Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Thesis, English, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/3hvb-hc49
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/english_etds/139