An edition of The optimist's daughter (1972)

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An edition of The optimist's daughter (1972)

The optimist's daughter.

[1st ed.]

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  • 6 Have read

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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Publisher
Random House
Language
English
Pages
180

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Subjects
Fiction, Mississippi in fiction, Funeral rites and ceremonies in fiction, Death, Funeral rites and ceremonies, Fathers, Women in fiction, Women, Reunions in fiction, Reunions, Fathers in fiction, Reminiscing in fiction, Reminiscing, Young women, Family, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, general, Large type books, Mississippi, fiction, Fiction, psychological, Women, fiction, Children's fiction
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The optimist's daughter
1990, Vintage International
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The optimist's daughter
1978, Vintage Books
in English - 1st Vintage Books ed.
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Cover of: The optimist's daughter.
The optimist's daughter.
1972, Random House
in English - [1st ed.]
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Published in
New York
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.5/2
Library of Congress
PZ3.W4696 Op, PS3545.E6 Op

The Physical Object

Pagination
180 p.
Number of pages
180

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL4897294M
Internet Archive
optimistsdaughte00welt
ISBN 10
0394480171
LCCN
76039769
Library Thing
18292
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2065798

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