Add to ORKGGraduation date: 2009This Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) in Creative Writing thesis is indefinitely restricted to the OSU community per the author's request.In her collection of nonfiction essays, Coming Home, Catherine Doucette explores themes of space, loneliness, community, and relationship. Landscape and setting play essential roles as Doucette struggles to fit in and find where she belongs. From the Swiss Alps, Guatemala, New York, and Oregon, to her childhood home in New Hampshire, she grapples with ideas of place, family, and connection. Often Doucette best understands her relationships when entwined with the experience of the outdoors, the brutal realities of nature, and breathtaking mountain experiences. Doucette also seeks to root h...