The optimists daughter symbols, allegory and motifs. The optimist s daughter is the story of laurel mckelva hand, a young woman who has left the south and returns, years later, to. The optimists daughter book summary and study guide. It was first published as a long story in the new yorker in march 1969 and was subsequently revised and published in book form in 1972. The optimists daughter is the story of laurel mckelva hand, a young woman who has left the south and returns, years later, to.
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