An edition of The optimist's daughter
(1972)
The optimist's daughter
1st Vintage Books ed.
by Eudora Welty
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The Optimist's Daughter is the story of Laurel, a widow who returns to Mississippi when her father is ill and witnesses his death and funeral. From there, she embarks on a deeply personal journey to explore her past and her family in order to make sense of her future.
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Fiction, Mississippi in fiction, Funeral rites and ceremonies in fiction, Death, Funeral rites and ceremonies, Fathers, Women in fiction, Women, Reunions in fiction, Reunions, Fathers in fiction, Reminiscing in fiction, Reminiscing, Young women, Family, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, general, Large type books, Mississippi, fiction, Fiction, psychological, Women, fiction, Children's fiction, American fictionPlaces
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The optimist's daughter
1978, Vintage Books
in English
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