Date of Award
Spring 2012
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Professional Writing (MAPW)
Department
English
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.