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The Absent Father In Literature, Culture, And Personal Memoir, Abigail Louise Jensky
The Absent Father In Literature, Culture, And Personal Memoir, Abigail Louise Jensky
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
Who is the absent father? What happens to a child when the father is absent? What happened to me? This thesis explores my personal experience of having an absent biological father and my attempt to try to understand why my father left my family before I was born. While my biological father was physically absent my entire childhood, there are other children who have fathers who are both physically and emotionally absent for different portions of their lives. We want answers for this abandonment. We want to understand why we feel the way we feel about our fathers. Is it …