English Language and Literature ETDs
Publication Date
7-6-2012
Abstract
Set against the backdrop of turning 40, watching her sister battle cancer, and losing her father, Reconstructing My Mother is a memoir chronicling Jennifers journey to get to know her mother who died from cancer when Jennifer was 13, and her journey to get to know herself.'
Degree Name
MFA Creative Writing
Level of Degree
Masters
Department Name
English
First Committee Member (Chair)
Warner, Sharon Oard
Second Committee Member
Beene, Lynn
Third Committee Member
Reeves, Judy
Language
English
Keywords
Mothers and daughters -- Biography
Document Type
Dissertation
Recommended Citation
Simpson, Jennifer. "Reconstructing My Mother." (2012). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/engl_etds/41