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The Optimist's Daughter

by Eudora Welty
Publisher
Vintage
Year
1990
Binding
Paperback
Pages
192

Welty writes about grief like someone who's held it in her hands. Laurel returns home to bury her father and finds herself excavating a lifetime of family silences. The Mississippi setting breathes with humidity and memory. This book knows that understanding your parents means forgiving them for being human. Perfect for anyone who's ever stood in their childhood bedroom and wondered who they used to be.

US$5.00ISBN 9780679728832
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