Activities of daily living stories
Date of Award
2012
Document Type
Project
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
Department
English
First Advisor
Moffett, Kevin
Second Advisor
Paegle, Julie
Abstract
Activities of Daily Living is a collection of short fiction and consists of ten short stories ranging from father-daughter stories to themes of identity, romantic relationships and feelings of aimlessness and not belonging. Dispersed throughout are small one- or two-page pieces of numbered flash fiction that act as thematic markers, setting the tone for the stories that follow, and for the collection as a whole. The collection includes a handful of short stories whose cohesion lies in the quiet tone and subtle humor in which each story is told, as well as the recurring themes of loss, family, and relationships of varying dynamics. Each story centers around Thoreau's "lives of quiet desperation."
Recommended Citation
Sonico, Melissa Ann, "Activities of daily living stories" (2012). Theses Digitization Project. 4003.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/4003
