We Benefit from That: A Novel in Stories
Issue Date
2010-05-31Author
Anderegg, Elizabeth Anne
Publisher
University of Kansas
Format
116 pages
Type
Thesis
Degree Level
M.F.A.
Discipline
English
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We Benefit from That is a novel in stories about one suburban family. The father, Tony, divorced with two kids, meets Elaine at a support group for children of alcoholics, and marries her. Together Tony, Elaine, and the kids work to build their new family as a cohesive unit. The family, a group of fractured individuals, attempts to identify normalcy and how they can carve their way toward it. To this end, they seek out religious faith, which serves at times as a solution and also as a new source of individual questioning and division among them. We Benefit from That is about what it means to live in a family, about the resulting disappointments and failures, and the whole-hearted efforts behind those attempts.
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