Where Would I Go
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2018-06-14
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MFA in Creative Writing, The University of Tampa
Abstract
Where Would I Go, a narrative of love, loss, and reinvention, is set at the
Mulberry Castle, an assisted living community located in New England. The Castle is a
waiting room of sorts, one step removed from the grave—where two residents, Sam and
Rita, against considerable odds, find love and fulfillment, and a social worker, Sophie
Menchik, an orphaned young woman, idealistic and lonely, watches it happen. She wants
nothing more than to become an artist, so she can recreate the world of her childhood. In
the process, she discovers that life doesn't stop until the final breath, and that love and
necessity are stronger forces than ambition and goodwill.
In Where Would I Go, Jenya Krein portrays the shattering of a small family of
immigrants, and the far-reaching effect it has on their only daughter, Sophie. In an
attempt to recover from the loss of her parents, she submerges herself in the world of
others, in particular Samuel Klass, a retired professor, and Rita, a pianist who can’t play
due to her debilitating arthritis. The very lives of these two people and their budding
affair will be threatened when, prompted by Sam’s wandering, Castle’s management
decides to move Sam to the secure memory care unit on another floor, and Sophie comes
to see it as her mission to keep them together.
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Novel, New England, Love