
The Optimist's Daughter
Pulitzer Prize Winner
Eudora Welty(Author)
Vintage Books (Publisher)
Published on 11. August 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-679-72883-2 (ISBN)
Description
This Pulitzer Prize-winning novel tells the story of Laurel McKelva Hand, a young woman who has left the South and returns, years later, to New Orleans, where her father is dying. After his death, she and her silly young stepmother go back still farther, to the small Mississippi town where she grew up. Along in the old house, Laurel finally comes to an understanding of the past, herself, and her parents.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Random House USA Inc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 204 mm
Width: 131 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
179 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-679-72883-2 (9780679728832)
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01/2011
Vintage
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Eudora Welty
Optimists Daughtr V667
Book
07/1978
Vintage Books USA
€27.32
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Eudora Welty