Frozen windmills: A novel
Abstract
Woodburn, Dallas N. M.F.A., Purdue University, May 2013. Frozen Windmills: A Novel. Major Professor: Porter Shreve. This novel uses a unique structure of alternating "Before" and "After" chapters to explore the consequences and originating events of the book's inciting incident: a tragic accident at a homecoming party that leaves the town's rising track star paralyzed. Emma Mason broke up with Stephen McCollough the morning of the accident. The novel follows her in the aftermath of the accident, when she blames herself for Stephen's paralysis and wrestles with her own pain, loneliness, and guilt. Juxtaposed with these chapters are flashbacks of Emma's life before the accident, as she struggles to forge her own identity and independence far from her California hometown. This book explores themes of love, loss, memory, home, and ultimately, redemption.^
Degree
M.F.A.
Advisors
Porter Shreve, Purdue University.
Subject Area
Literature, General|Literature, American
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