Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
LDS family, sisters, letters, memoir, Mormon studies
College
Humanities
Department
English
Abstract
Creative nonfiction has recently become a popular genre of serious literary merit. What exactly is it? True stories using scenes, dialogue, close, detailed descriptions and other techniques usually employed by poets and fiction writers on any subject. This gives the writer great flexibility and power, especially in the LDS context, to tell stories that have purpose and meaning beyond the experiences of the writer. These stories can strike a more universal chord. Memoir falls under the umbrella of creative nonfiction. It is a piece of autobiographical writing drawing from the past. I have undertaken to write a memoir with my four sisters as the subject and their spirituality as the focus. My intent has been to engage and entertain the female reader through the lives of a few faithful sisters, and at the same time, add clarity and comfort to the Mormon woman’s definition of herself in this confusing, modern age.
Recommended Citation
Manchak, Margaret Holsinger and Plummer, Dr. Louise
(2013)
"Memoir on a LDS Family of Sisters,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013:
Iss.
1, Article 707.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/707