The optimist's daughter
About this book
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.
Subjects
- american fiction
- american fiction (fictional works by one author)
- children's fiction
- death
- family
- fathers
- fathers in fiction
- fiction
- fiction, general
- fiction, psychological
- funeral rites and ceremonies
- funeral rites and ceremonies in fiction
- large type books
- mississippi, fiction
- mississippi in fiction
- reminiscing
- reminiscing in fiction
- reunions
- reunions in fiction
- women
- women, fiction
- women in fiction
- young women