| Author | Eudora Welty |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | |
| Publication date | 1972 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
The Optimist's Daughter is a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winning 1972 short novel by Eudora Welty. It concerns a character named Laurel, who returns to New Orleans to deal with dying father, and her father's new wife Fay. The conflict between the two women is a source of tension in the book.[1]
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| Preceded by Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner |
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1973 |
Succeeded by 1974:no award given 1975:The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara |
