The optimist's daughter / Eudora Welty.
Laurel Hand, long absent from the South, comes from Chicago to New Orleans, where her father dies after surgery. With Fay, the stupid new young wife of her father, Laurel returns to her former Mississippi home and stays a few days after the funeral for reunions with old friends. In a night alone in the house she grew up in, she confronts elements of the past and comes to a better understanding of it and of herself and her parents.
Record details
- ISBN: 067972883X
- ISBN: 9780679728832
- Physical Description: 180 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: Vintage international edition.
- Publisher: New York : Vintage International, 1990.
Content descriptions
- Target Audience Note:
- 880L Lexile
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.6 6 10842.
- Awards Note:
- Pulitzer Prize, Fiction, 1973.
Search for related items by subject
- Subject:
- Women > Mississippi > Fiction.
Funeral rites and ceremonies > Fiction.
Fathers > Death > Fiction.
Reminiscing > Fiction.
Reunions > Fiction.
Young women > Mississippi > Fiction.
Families > Mississippi > Fiction.
Women.
Womyn.
Fathers.
Mississippi > Fiction. - Genre:
- Psychological fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Available copies
- 24 of 25 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 2 of 2 copies available at Rutherford County Library System.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 25 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norris Public Library | F WEL (Text) | 30254000052107 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Rutherford County Library | F WEL (Text) | 38801000311461 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
