Emerson College

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This thesis is the beginning of a novel, entitled Almost There. The narrator is a thirty-year-old woman named Sophie who tells the story of a summer, fifteen years ago, when she lived with her mother in a small town in Vermont. During that summer, the ten

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My life split in two at the age of twenty-three when my mother was diagnosed with a rare auto-immune disease. The doctors said she had but a few months to live. To be with her I left my first post-college world behind in Los Angeles, California and moved

Scope and Content Note From the Series: The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and...

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In a journey to help and understand her troubled mother, a Vietnamese divorcee consumed with remnants from her past, 16-year old Minh travels to Vietname and uncovers the life she left behind. -- abstract.

Scope and Content Note From the Series: The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and...

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A novel about a young woman and her mother, and how the past has shaped their lives and their relationship. -- abstract.

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'Reverie' is an autobiographical documentary that explores the filmmaker's search to reconnect with her mother and a childhood, which has been forgotten. This mother/daughter reunion reflects on the impact our past has on our present lives and raises que

Scope and Content Note From the Series: The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and...

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For years Beth's mother convinced her that God was her father. Shortly before high school graduation, however, her father contacted her to say that he never knew she existed and wanted to become a part of her life. Amid her mother's intense spirituality a