The optimist's daughter
Reminiscing
Women in fiction
Reunions
Women, fiction
Mississippi, fiction
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Fathers
American fiction (fictional works by one author)
Young women
American fiction
Fiction, psychological
Death
Family
Women
Fiction, general
Large type books
Children's fiction
Fiction
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.
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