Abstract
The concept of home is often synonymous with security. Dutiful Daughter is a memoir which traces the experience and impact of growing up with an alcoholic mother and an abusive father. Mothering plays a large part in these pieces: my complicated love for my alcoholic mother, the ways in which our roles sometimes reversed, my search for an alternative mother figure growing up, and my attempts to mother myself. I also explore the shifting concept of home—from the home my parents created to the many homes I found after they divorced. As an adult, I searched and found my brother Christopher, whom I had not seen in thirty years, and discovered he was homeless, schizophrenic and an alcoholic. This memoir details my search and the complex struggle to get him into a stable situation. Throughout, I attempt to address the dissonance between the dream of a home and the reality.
Notes
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Graduation Date
2020
Semester
Fall
Advisor
Thaxton, Terry
Degree
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
College
College of Arts and Humanities
Department
English
Degree Program
Creative Writing
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
CFE0008385; DP0023822
URL
https://purls.library.ucf.edu/go/DP0023822
Language
English
Release Date
December 2025
Length of Campus-only Access
5 years
Access Status
Masters Thesis (Campus-only Access)
STARS Citation
Schulte, Robin, "Dutiful Daughter" (2020). Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023. 414.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd2020/414
Restricted to the UCF community until December 2025; it will then be open access.