The Optimist's Daughter
Publishing Details
The Optimist's Daughter
By (Author) Eudora Welty
Introduction by Helen Mcneil
Little, Brown Book Group
Virago Press Ltd
12th August 1996
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
813.52
Winner of Pulitzer Prize Novel Category 1973
Physical Properties
192
Width 128mm, Height 196mm, Spine 16mm
160g
Description
The people of Mount Salus, Mississippi always felt good about Judge McKelva. He was a quiet, solid reassuring figure, just as a judge should be. Then, ten years after his first wife's death, he marries the frivolous young Wanda Fay. No-one can understand his action, not least his beloved daughter, Laurel, who finds it hard to accept the new bride. It is only some years later, when circumstance brings her back to her childhood home, that Laurel stirs old memories and comes to understand the peculiarities of her upbringing, and the true relationship between her parents and herself.
The Optimist's Daughter is a reflective, poignant novel of independence and love, for which Eudora Welty, one of America's gretest contemporary Southern writers, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize.Reviews
Her last, most autobiographical, and finest novel * Independent *
A gentle, tender work, bright with Welty's sharp humour and pioneer sense of place. * Guardian *
Author Bio
Eudora Welty was born in 1908 in Jackson, Mississippi which is where she still makes her home. One of America's most distinguished writers, she has published five novels and as many volumes of short stories. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1973.
