The Ending, a Novel
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Graduation Year
2023
Writing Track
Fiction
Degree
Master of Fine Arts
Program
Creative Writing
Program Director
Dr. Judy Halebsky
First Reader
Kim Culbertson Sagebiel
Second Reader
Dr. Judy Halebsky
Description
Izzy Bender lurked in a Jane Austen Fan Fiction forum, reading her nights away as her marriage dulled, until inspiration strikes, and she realizes that to prove her worth as a writer she must research how infidelity works by meeting—and mining her fantasies about—her unsuspecting coffeeshop muse.
Now Izzy must push the bounds of fidelity to finish her story by the end of the summer despite her ignorance and the criticism of others, including her husband, or else she will miss her chance to publish and, most of all, understand why people cheat without committing the act herself and ruining her marriage for good.
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