Florida Pure

• Main Author: Doyle, Lauren A.
• Format: Others
• Published: FIU Digital Commons 2006
• Subjects: Creative Writing; Fiction
• Online Access: http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3236; http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4463&context=etd

FLORIDA PURE is a satiric novel set in the orange juice industry of contemporary Florida that begins when the deaths of four migrant workers lead to the demise of the orange juice company, Florida Pure. The novel follows three plot lines that result from this demise. The company's fallen president has to cope with the loss of the company as well as the more recent loss of his wife, who has left him for the governor of Florida. A former Florida Pure trucker purchases an orange grove to make juice "honestly." And three brothers from Brazil seek to destroy the orange crop as a way of boosting global orange prices, which have fallen as a result of decreased juice demand. Light in tone, the narrative works to reflect the absurdity of modem life through themes of greed, social corruption, and the notion of destiny.