Download or read book The Optimist's Daughter LP written by Eudora Welty and published by HarperLP. This book was released on 2000-03-01 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Optimist's Daughter is 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. Alone in the old house, Laurel finally comes to an understanding of the past, herself, and her parents.