The optimist's daughter

By Eudora Welty

Subjects: Young women, Women, Funeral rites and ceremonies in fiction, Death, Fiction, general, Large type books, Fathers in fiction, Family, Women, fiction, Reminiscing in fiction, Fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Children's fiction, Reunions in fiction, Reminiscing, Funeral rites and ceremonies, Mississippi in fiction, Fathers, Fiction, psychological, Women in fiction, Mississippi, fiction, Reunions

Description: The Optimist's Daughter is the story of Laurel, a widow who returns to Mississippi when her father is ill and witnesses his death and funeral. From there, she embarks on a deeply personal journey to explore her past and her family in order to make sense of her future.