Date of Award

Fall 1998

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Department

English

Program/Concentration

Creative Writing

Committee Director

Janet Peery

Committee Member

Sheri Reynolds

Committee Member

Charles Wilson

Call Number for Print

Special Collections; LD4331.E64 P4687

Abstract

Through the experiences of three primary characters Chapel Raymond, Brodie Raymond and Lucius Shango -- this novella explores the deep desire for the security of family, as well as the costs and sacrifices involved in belonging to a familial unit.

The story, set in 1942 and 1943 in North Carolina -- in the imagined locales of Butler, Blackrock and Slade explores different shapes and mutations of the family, and confronts issues of truth, loyalty, self-preservation, and the sometimes slim difference between hope and denial.

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DOI

10.25777/wf0w-d226

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