Date of Award
2014
Call Number
PS3604.E442 S35 2014
Document Type
Open Access Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Stonecoast
First Advisor
Aaron Hamburger
Second Advisor
Justin Tussing
Third Advisor
Lynn M. Kuzma, Dean
Keywords
Stonecoast MFA, creative writing, fiction
Abstract
This thesis contains the first 115 pages of a novel that takes place in the Philippines between 1908 and 1944. The main character , Sampaguita, is a young girl who is growing up in a house with her wealthy father, a prominent lawyer in their town, his wife, their children, as well as her mother who is a concubine and dances waltzes with American soldiers in the local cantina for 10 cents per song, and the rest of her siblings.
Recommended Citation
Delcourt, Alexandria MFA, "Sampaguita" (2014). All Student Scholarship. 70.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/etd/70
