The Optimist's Daughter
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Ratings10
Average rating4
The Optimist's Daughter is 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. Alone in the old house, Laurel finally comes to an understanding of the past, herself, and her parents.
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Brilliant writing about love. I especially liked how the places and people and things seemed to be generations old, such as the home in the West Virginia mountains.
