The Optimist's Daughter

About this book

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.

Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN-13

9780679728832

Publisher

Vintage

Published

August 11, 1990

Pages

192

Weight

6.2 oz

Subject

Fiction