Where Would I Go

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2018-06-14

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MFA in Creative Writing, The University of Tampa

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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

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