Date of Award
Spring 2012
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Professional Writing (MAPW)
Department
English
Committee Chair/First Advisor
Dr. Linda Niemann
Second Advisor
Melanie Sumner
Abstract
Stone Cold Secrets is a novel about a family that struggles to forgive each other for the secrets they have kept from one another. The story is based on a woman who gave away or sold her children after birth. The siblings meet each other as young adults and they try very hard to turn their dysfunctional family into a loving, caring family. Olivia, the oldest child, spearheads the movement to begin a family reunion, but first secrets will be revealed before the reunion can take place.