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The Selfish Mansion

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posted on 2025-04-03, 14:38 authored by Diana Metzger
Stories of children losing parents and parents losing children are pervasive, but there are very few explorations on what it means for a teenager to lose their sibling, especially for a teenage girl to lose her older sister. I lost my older sister Sarah in a car accident when I was fourteen-years old. I wished I had words to reflect my confusing emotions. I also would have loved to have an articulate voice when I turned sixteen and my family adopted a baby from Vietnam. The Selfish Mansion is an original memoir that adds a bold voice to the canon of memoirs discussing young adult grief and adoption. This is a story not just for girls losing or gaining a sibling, but anyone who's suffered a loss or discovering their place in their family.

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ProQuest

Language

English

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Degree awarded: M.F.A. Literature. American University||Made available in DSpace on 2012-08-22T15:01:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Metzger_american_0008N_10193display.pdf: 179622 bytes, checksum: 00bc085bc4692d090f106c5af0cf5d18 (MD5)

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http://hdl.handle.net/1961/11078

Committee chair

Stephanie Grant

Committee member(s)

Andrew Holleran

Degree discipline

Creative Writing

Degree grantor

American University. College of Arts and Sciences

Degree level

  • Masters

Degree name

M.F.A. in Creative Writing, American University, 2012

Local identifier

Metzger_american_0008N_10193

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application/pdf

Pagination

120 pages

Call number

Thesis 9795

MMS ID

99129057083604102

Submission ID

10193

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