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The Messenger Orange

Jory, Ryan K.

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2009, Master of Arts, Miami University, English.
The Messenger Orange, a novel, follows the coming-of-age of Derek Baker, a young Michigander who finds himself in the middle of a complex divorce, torn between a fun but reckless mother and a stern but unshakably loving father. As the story opens, Derek’s mother receives a love-note from an old college fling, a Floridian named John. She flees to Florida with Derek, and although romance with John does not initially re-ignite, she decides to remain in Tampa, forcing a divorce from Derek’s father. Derek soon finds himself back in Michigan, under his father’s custody, but a question remains that largely drives the remaining narrative: Which man is Derek’s biological father, Howard, the dull man from Michigan, or John, the free spirit from Tampa?
Eric Goodman (Committee Chair)
Margaret Luongo (Committee Member)
Kay Sloan, PhD (Committee Member)
103 p.

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  • Jory, R. K. (2009). The Messenger Orange [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1257492241

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Jory, Ryan. The Messenger Orange. 2009. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1257492241.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Jory, Ryan. "The Messenger Orange." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1257492241

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)