What we can't avoid
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Abstract
What We Can't Avoid is a memoir that explores the narrator's excavation of family dynamics, and who her parents are and grow to become as she comes into adulthood. This memoir is a collection of personal essays that come together to create four chapters. The first is a focus on the narrator's mother, and her journey through infidelity, divorce, and an emotionally abusive relationship. The second chapter looks at the father, his affair, the effect of his career as a doctor in the Army, and the tension between his ego and his love for his family. The third chapter breaks away from the parents and ...
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