Date of Award
2012
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Abstract
Unearthing is a hybrid of nonfiction genres, and follows a narrator as she attempts to piece together past and present memories and meditations about family history, travel, and the idea of home. Using an orchid as a metaphor for someone who is searching for home, Unearthing attempts to expose in the author what might also be found in the reader, an exploration of what is meant by home. By following a trail of biography, personal narrative, and memoir, the reader is given every opportunity to identify with the narrator's struggle with the idea of rootlessness and rootedness, travel and home.
Extent
viii, 100 p. : ill. (some col.)
Recommended Citation
Hobbie, Erin., "Unearthing" (2012). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019. 666.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_6/666
Identifier
FADT3342109
Comments
by Erin Hobbie.|Thesis (M.F.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2012.|Includes bibliography.|Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2012. Mode of access: World Wide Web.|by Erin Hobbie.