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The Optimist's Daughter
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Hardcover
Book cover for 9780375508356 Book cover for 9780848806606
 
from Random House Inc (May 1, 2002); titled "The Optimist's Daughter"
9780375508356 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $20.00
from Amereon Ltd (November 1, 1996); titled "Optimist's Daughter"
9780848806606 | details & prices | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $25.95
About: 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.
Paperback
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Large print edition from Harpercollins (March 1, 2000); titled "The Optimist's Daughter"
9780060955878 | details & prices | 182 pages | 8.25 × 9.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $22.95
About: Laurel Hand is forced to face her Southern past when she returns to Mississippi for her father's funeral.
Large print edition from Random House Large Print (May 1, 1999); titled "Optimist's Daughter"
9780375706882 | details & prices | List price $20.00
About: When she returns to the small Mississippi town where she grew up, Laurel McKelva Hand is forced to come to terms with her Southern roots as she struggles to resolve issues of the past, her parents, and herself, in a new version of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
from G K Hall & Co (April 1, 1999); titled "The Optimist's Daughter"
9780783885452 | details & prices | List price $20.00
Braille edition from William a Thomas Braille (February 1, 1991); titled "Optimist's Daughter"
9781569562932 | details & prices | 11.50 × 11.50 × 2.50 in. | 3.55 lbs | List price $17.28
About: This story of a young woman's confrontation with death and her past is a poetic study of human relations.
Large print edition from G K Hall & Co (November 1, 1990); titled "The Optimist's Daughter"
9780816150281 | details & prices | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $14.95
About: Laurel Hand is forced to face her Southern past when she returns to Mississippi for her father's funeral
Reissue edition from Vintage Books (August 1, 1990); titled "The Optimist's Daughter"
9780679728832 | details & prices | 180 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $13.95
About: Laurel Hand is forced to face her Southern past when she returns to Mississippi for her father's funeral
Cassette/Spoken Word
from Random House (September 1, 1986); titled "Optimist's Daughter"
9780394555874 | details & prices | 4.50 × 7.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.30 lbs | List price $25.00
About: Laurel Hand is forced to face her Southern past when she returns to Mississippi for her father's funeral.
Reinforced
from Demco Media (August 1, 1990); titled "The Optimist's Daughter"
9780606016988 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $21.25
About: Laurel Hand is forced to face her Southern past when she returns to Mississippi for her father's funeral
Prebinding
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Reprint edition from Paw Prints (July 10, 2008); titled "The Optimist's Daughter"
9781439513217 | details & prices | 180 pages | 5.00 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $21.00
About: This story of a young woman's confrontation with death and her past is a poetic study of human relations.
from Turtleback Books (October 1, 1999); titled "Optimist's Daughter"
9780808576860 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $24.45
About: Laurel Hand is forced to face her Southern past when she returns to Mississippi for her father's funeral