The Optimist's Daughter Stephen Tapscott almost everything

almost everything

and the condition of universal shipwreck that unites us all

the book probes autonomy

and perceiving

Which is how she wanted it to be

The Optimist's Daughter Stephen Tapscott almost everythingThe people of Mount Salus, Mississippi always felt good about Judge McKelva. He was a quiet, solid reassuring figure, just as a judge should be. Then, ten years after his first wife's death, he marries the frivolous young Wanda Fay. No one can understand his action, not least his beloved daughter, Laurel, who finds it hard to accept the new bride. It is only some years later, when circumstance brings her back to her childhood home, that Laurel stirs