Date of Award

Spring 1998

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

English

Program/Concentration

Creative Writing

Committee Director

Janet Peery

Committee Member

Jeffrey H. Richards

Committee Member

Sheri Reynolds

Call Number for Print

Special Collections; LD4331.E64 P4682

Abstract

The seven stories in this collection deal with the wonders and horrors of love, especially within families. The narrators include teenagers, a working mother; a middle-aged divorcee, a young woman with a secret past; a disillusioned husband, and a grieving mother. Change — love, death, and what comes in between — puts them at odds with themselves and the world. As they encounter the alienation and destruction that come in life, they struggle with their own limitations and those of others.

All of these stories are set during contemporary times in Virginia Beach. Many refer to Chick's Beach, a small stretch of land by the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel.

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DOI

10.25777/qsvp-n611

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