The Optimist's Daughter

Name: The Optimist's Daughter
Author: Eudora Welty

by Eudora Welty

Novel about an aging daughter reconciling with her father's death and past secrets

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Eudora Welty

Eudora Welty was the supreme chronicler of Mississippi life, renowned for her acute ear for dialect and her luminous rendering of place. Her short stories and novels blend humor, tragedy, and mythic resonance.

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