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The Optimist's Daughter: Pulitzer Prize Winner

Author:
Eudora Welty
Read by:
Eudora Welty
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Book
8
Narrator
3
Release Date
April 19, 2011
Duration
3 hours 59 minutes
Summary
This Pulitzer Prize–winning novel tells the story of Laurel McKelva Hand, a young woman who has left the South and returns, years later, to New Orleans, where her father is dying. After his death, she and her silly young stepmother go back still farther, to the small Mississippi town where she grew up. Along in the old house, Laurel finally comes to an understanding of the past, herself, and her parents.
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Profile Avatar Sandra C. May 2026

It is such a gift to be able to hear the voice of this revered American literary treasure as she reads her Pulitzer Prize-winning book. I thought the book was wonderful and the experience of listening to it was sublime.

The Optimist's Daughter: Pulitzer Prize Winner

The Optimist's Daughter: Pulitzer Prize Winner

Author: Eudora Welty
Read by: Eudora Welty
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