Florida International University FIU Digital Commons FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations University Graduate School 2-28-2006 Florida Pure Lauren A. Doyle Florida International University DOI: 10.25148/etd.FI15101223 Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd Part of the Fiction Commons Recommended Citation Doyle, Lauren A., "Florida Pure" (2006). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3236. https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3236 This work is brought to you for free and open access by the University Graduate School at FIU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of FIU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY Miami, Florida FLORIDA PURE A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF FINE ARTS in CREATIVE WRITING by Lauren A. Doyle 2006 To: Interim Dean Mark Szuchman College of Arts and Sciences This thesis, written by Lauren A. Doyle, and entitled Florida Pure, having been approved in respect to style and intellectual content, is referred to you for judgment. We have read this thesis and recommend that it be approved. John Dufresne Bruce Harvey Lynne Barrett, Major Professor Date of Defense: February 28, 2006 The thesis of Lauren A. Doyle is approved. Interim Dean Mark Szuchman College of Arts and Sciences Interim Dean Stephan L. Mintz University Graduate School Florida International University, 2006 ii DEDICATION For my parents, with love and gratitude iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Thanks, especially, to Lynne Barrett, for whose wisdom and support I am forever grateful.