The Optimist's Daughter

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 08/11/1990
ISBN: 9780679728832
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 7.97h x 5.25w x 0.53d
Award: Pulitzer Prize - Winner
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 10842 / Optimist's Daughter
Reading Level: 5.6 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 6