abstract: Junctions is a story collection about people at a crossroads, people who crave guidance from an absent parent or partner, people who don't know how to make their next move. Many of the stories are set in and around Charleston where characters push back against having Southern traditions dictate the way they live. Ghosts and spirits roam the pages, helping or trapping the loved ones they are haunting. Elaborate meals, simple comfort food, and even the ceremonial sacrifice of a pelican carry the burden of bringing characters back from the brink of self-inflicted madness and isolation. The complexities of mother-daughter relationships are picked apart and cobbled back together over and over. In Junctions the only way for the characters to reach the next step is to wade through the toughest parts of being themselves. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Creative Writing 2016
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:asu.edu/item:38792 |
| Date | January 2016 |
| Contributors | Hickok, Chelsea (Author), Ison, Tara (Advisor), Bell, Matt (Committee member), McNally, Thomas (Committee member), Arizona State University (Publisher) |
| Source Sets | Arizona State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Masters Thesis |
| Format | 93 pages |
| Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/, All Rights Reserved |
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