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Mercury
| Title: | Mercury. |
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| Name(s): |
Gaines, Adrienne, Author Rushin, Patrick, Committee Chair Neal, Mary, Committee Member Roney, Lisa, Committee Member , Committee Member University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Issued: | 2013 | |
| Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | Mercury is a collection of short stories based in the fictional town of Mercury, Georgia. Set over the course of several decades, the stories trace the events that changed individuals, families, and a whole community for decades. Loosely based on the author's real-life family history, the stories, both humorous and heartbreaking, show characters caught between the past and the present and searching for a way forward. A girl who makes friends with a ghost, a woman who can't help but run from crying babies, a man forced to face the town's darkest side(-)these and other characters respond in surprising ways to circumstances that are both ordinary and extraordinary. Most of the stories in the collection are linked, showing the interconnectedness of the lives in this small town. The pieces work together to present a larger narrative of how the characters and the town struggle to change, survive, hope, and face the future. | |
| Identifier: | CFE0004846 (IID), ucf:49692 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
2013-08-01 M.F.A. Arts and Humanities, English Masters This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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| Subject(s): | creative writing -- MFA -- story collection | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0004846 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | campus 2016-08-15 | |
| Host Institution: | UCF |
