The Optimist's Daughter
Narrated by Eudora Welty
- Released
- April 19, 2011
- Length
- 3 hrs 59 mins
- Format
- Abridged Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House Audio
In this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Laurel McKelva Hand returns to her Southern roots in New Orleans as she faces her father's impending death. Following his passing, she and her young stepmother journey to Laurel's childhood home in a small Mississippi town. Through this journey, Laurel grapples with her past and seeks to understand herself and her family more deeply.
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