| The Optimist's Daughter Contributor(s): Welty, Eudora (Author) |
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ISBN: 067972883X ISBN-13: 9780679728832 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1990 Annotation: This story of a young woman's confrontation with death and her past is a poetic study of human relations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 89040630 |
| Lexile Measure: 880 |
| Series: Vintage International |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 5.25" W x 7.97" (0.39 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Gulf Coast - Cultural Region - South - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 10842 Reading Level: 5.6 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 6.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |