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Assisted Living: Stories
- Date Issued:
- 2019
- Abstract/Description:
- Assisted Living is a collection of stories that explores themes of parenthood, brotherhood, old and new love, adultery, financial strife, and the many faces of loss. The collection offers different points of view, which allow the reader to experience these themes within varying lives and situations. For example, the eponymous (")Assisted Living(") is from the perspective of a pet-sitter at the brink of losing both her job and husband, while (")Holy Mother(") explores the point of view of a wife coming to terms with her affair and the physical injury that has changed her husband. (")The World of Reptiles(") follows a father walking his son through a zoo before they receive his son's cancer test results, while (")Host(") follows two sons who discover their recently deceased mother believed in reincarnation before she died. Other stories explore characters stuck in relationships(-)both familial and romantic(-)that started bright, but curled toward the dark, leaving the characters feeling trapped by the ones they love. The collection as a whole seeks to explore people stuck between selves, people striving to be new and better, while failing and succeeding in ways big and small.
Title: | Assisted Living: Stories. |
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Name(s): |
Swift, Donovan, Author Poissant, David, Committee Chair Peynado, Brenda, Committee Member Milanes, Cecilia, Committee Member University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Date Issued: | 2019 | |
Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
Language(s): | English | |
Abstract/Description: | Assisted Living is a collection of stories that explores themes of parenthood, brotherhood, old and new love, adultery, financial strife, and the many faces of loss. The collection offers different points of view, which allow the reader to experience these themes within varying lives and situations. For example, the eponymous (")Assisted Living(") is from the perspective of a pet-sitter at the brink of losing both her job and husband, while (")Holy Mother(") explores the point of view of a wife coming to terms with her affair and the physical injury that has changed her husband. (")The World of Reptiles(") follows a father walking his son through a zoo before they receive his son's cancer test results, while (")Host(") follows two sons who discover their recently deceased mother believed in reincarnation before she died. Other stories explore characters stuck in relationships(-)both familial and romantic(-)that started bright, but curled toward the dark, leaving the characters feeling trapped by the ones they love. The collection as a whole seeks to explore people stuck between selves, people striving to be new and better, while failing and succeeding in ways big and small. | |
Identifier: | CFE0007537 (IID), ucf:52625 (fedora) | |
Note(s): |
2019-05-01 M.F.A. Arts and Humanities, English Masters This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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Subject(s): | Short Stories -- Fiction -- Literary | |
Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0007537 | |
Restrictions on Access: | campus 2020-05-15 | |
Host Institution: | UCF |