num_pages: 180
description: This story of a young woman's confrontation with death and her past is a poetic study of human relations.From the Trade Paperback edition.
language: English
title: The Optimist's Daughter
titlecomplete: The Optimist's Daughter
characters: Miss Tennyson Bullock, Tish Bullock, Laurel McKelva Hand, Fay Chisom McKelva, Judge Clint McKelva, Miss Adele Courtland
genres: 20th Century, American, Southern, Literary Fiction, Novels, Womens, Southern Gothic, Literature, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 13430
places: Mount Salus, Mississippi, The United States of America, Mississippi, New Orleans, Louisiana
awards: awardedAt: 94723200000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 94723200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Random House