The protagonist of one of this author's short stories mistakes a scarecrow for a ghost and later pockets a nickel dropped by a hunter while she is one her way to the town to pick up medicine for her grandson.
This author's first novel centers on Clement Musgrove, whose daughter is kidnapped by the title figure, Jamie Lockheart. The protagonist of one of this author's short stories mistakes a scarecrow for a ghost and later pockets a nickel dropped by a hunter while she is one her way to the town to pick up medicine for her grandson. This author of the story "A Worn Path" and the novel The Robber Bridegroom wrote about a man who never fully recovers from an eye surgery after hearing his wife tell him of her desire for his money. The rest of that novel by this woman is set in Mount Salus, Mississippi, where the judge is buried by Fay McKelva and Laurel Hand. For 10 points, name this female American author of The Optimist's Daughter.
This author's first novel centers on Clement Musgrove, whose daughter is kidnapped by the title figure, Jamie Lockheart.
Eudora Alice Welty