| The Optimist's Daughter Harperlargeprin Edition Contributor(s): Welty, Eudora (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060955872 ISBN-13: 9780060955878 Publisher: PerfectBound OUR PRICE: $21.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2000 Annotation: Written late In life, "The Optimist's Daughter" is a Pulitzer Prize-winning and autobiographical short novel written that finds the author coming to grips with her father's death--and that of her own childhood. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 880 |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 6.26" W x 9.22" (0.60 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Gulf Coast - Cultural Region - South - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana - Geographic Orientation - Mississippi |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 10842 Reading Level: 5.6 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 6.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Optimist's Daughter is 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. Alone in the old house, Laurel finally comes to an understanding of the past, herself, and her parents. |