An edition of The optimist's daughter
(1972)
Optimist's Daughter
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 fictionPlaces
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The optimist's daughter
1978, Vintage Books
in English
- 1st Vintage Books ed.
0394726677 9780394726670
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| August 27, 2020 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
| June 8, 2011 | Edited by OCLC Bot | Added OCLC numbers. |
| August 12, 2010 | Edited by IdentifierBot | added LibraryThing ID |
| April 24, 2010 | Edited by Open Library Bot | Fixed duplicate goodreads IDs. |
| April 30, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | Imported from amazon.com record. |