Date of Award
2016
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Schmitt, Kate
Abstract
Family and Other Disasters is a collection of personal essays that looks at the life of the writer and her family. Through glimpses into family emergencies and other formative experiences, the collection paints a portrait of a modern American family. Taken as a whole, the work invites questions about what makes a functional family, how much do our families shape who we are as individuals, how much do we contribute to our family’s dynamic, and how do we navigate our familial relationships. As it explores what bonds and what breaks families, its individual essays take on issues of memory, addiction, recovery, redemption, coming of age, and growing up. It is a collection that will make you laugh, then cry, then laugh again.
Extent
120 p.
Recommended Citation
Lefler, Shari, "Family and Other Disasters" (2016). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019. 1466.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_6/1466
Identifier
FA00004607
Comments
Includes bibliography.|Thesis (M.F.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2016.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Includes bibliography.