The Optimist's Daughter
$33.81
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
12 August 1996
Summary
The people of Mount Salus, Mississippi always felt good about Judge McKelva. He was a quiet, solid reassuring figure, just as a judge should be. Then, ten years after his first wife’s death, he marries the frivolous young Wanda Fay. No-one can understand his action, not least his beloved daughter, Laurel, who finds it hard to accept the new bride. It is only some years later, when circumstance brings her back to her childhood home, that Laurel stirs old memories and comes to understand the pe…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780860683759 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0860683753 |
| Author: | Eudora Welty, Helen Mcneil |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 12 August 1996 |
| Weight: | 160g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 16mm |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
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Her last, most autobiographical, and finest novel
Her last, most autobiographical, and finest novel * Independent *A gentle, tender work, bright with Welty’s sharp humour and pioneer sense of place. * Guardian *
About The Author
Eudora Welty
Eudora Welty was born in 1908 in Jackson, Mississippi which is where she still makes her home. One of America’s most distinguished writers, she has published five novels and as many volumes of short stories. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1973.
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