Date of Award
6-1-2012
Document Type
Campus Access Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
English/Creative Writing
First Advisor
Askold Melnyczuk
Second Advisor
John Fulton
Third Advisor
Stephen Sutherland
Abstract
Free to Move is a novel about a young woman, Rena, whose life is wildly upended when her lover is deported to Mexico--by her twin brother, John. Rena, of course, is furious. When she doesn't hear from Edgar for several weeks, she leaves behind everything she holds dear to find him, to somehow make things right. She is accompanied by Carlos, Edgar's loyal best friend. On their perilous journey through Sonora, Mexico, Rena and her companion must confront the realities of U.S. immigration policy. They plunge headlong into the world of coyotes and drug smugglers. In the end, their perceptions about family duty and desire are forever altered. The following pages encompass the first third of the novel, which chronicles Edgar's deportation and Rena's initial flight to Mexico.
Recommended Citation
Moreland, Jessica, "Free To Move" (2012). Graduate Masters Theses. 109.
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/masters_theses/109
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