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Title details for The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty - Available

The Optimist's Daughter

by Eudora Welty
Eudora Welty
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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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Publisher: Books on Tape Edition: Abridged

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  • ISBN: 9780307941442
  • File size: 115029 KB
  • Release date: April 19, 2011
  • Duration: 03:59:38
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Fiction Literature

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:880
Text Difficulty:4-5

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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Fiction Literature