Date of Award
Spring 4-2-2026
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
April 2026
Department
English
College Granting Degree
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Department Granting Degree
English
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Ayşe Papatya Bucak
Abstract
When Eimy returns home for the first time in years to bury her mother, she expects awkward condolences, a quick exit, and the relief of distance. What she doesn’t expect is for her mother’s ghost to interrupt the funeral, lingering at the edges of the ceremony.
Suddenly thrust into an unwanted reunion, Eimy must confront the woman she spent a lifetime attempting to forget. As the boundaries between memory and haunting blur, Eimy is forced to piece together who her mother really was—and why her spirit refuses to let go.
Told through intertwining timelines, the novel explores the fraught inheritance of family: how love and resentment can coexist, how the dead continue shaping us long after they’re gone, and what it means to grieve someone you never truly knew yet can never fully escape.
Recommended Citation
García, Pilar Guzmán, "BURY THEM AT HOME" (2026). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 305.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general/305