The optimist's daughter

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Author:
Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001
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Vintage International
G.K. Hall large print book
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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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Death
Domestic fiction
Fathers
Fathers -- Death -- Fiction
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Fiction
Large type books
Mississippi -- Fiction
Psychological fiction
Reminiscing
Reminiscing -- Fiction
Reunions
Reunions -- Fiction
Women
Women -- Mississippi -- Fiction

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ISBN:
9780679728832
9780816150281
9780848806606
9780394480176
9780394480183
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 5.6, 6 Points
Lexile measure:
880L

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Last Grouping Update2025-07-06 17:48:58PM
Last Indexed2025-07-10 22:21:58PM

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Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Fiction
Large type books
Mississippi -- Fiction
Psychological fiction
Reminiscing -- Fiction
Reunions -- Fiction
Women -- Mississippi -- Fiction
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The optimist's daughter / Eudora Welty ; illustrated by John Collier
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The optimist's daughter
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Fathers
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Large type books
Reminiscing
Reunions
Women

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