Set on the imaginary West Indian island of Molyneux in the 1960s, Wade Inn is a short novel about Ian, Annie, and their mother Miriam Hopwood, who, after nine months of waiting for Freddy Hopwood, father and husband, to return from a day sailing trip, attempt to resolve in their own minds and among themselves Freddy's disappearance. The novel takes place on the day and night of June 13th, the official celebration of the Queen of England's Birthday. / Since the time of Freddy's disappearance, Miriam has moved her family into the Wade Inn, a small hotel located in the capital city of Bayard. But on this day, Miriam decides she will move her family to her boyfriend, Neville Trant's house. Annie plots her escape from the island with a sailor/adventurer, while Ian is seduced by the American Peace Corps volunteer who tutors him in Spanish. The novel focuses on the three characters' attempts to escape what they perceive to be their own reality, only to discover that reality is what they make of it. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 54-03, Section: A, page: 0931. / Major Professor: Jerome Stern. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1993.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76880 |
| Contributors | Granger, James A., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 164 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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