A "deep boom, like the rolling of an ocean wave" is heard after this novel's protagonist recognizes a wink as a symbol of solidarity.
A "deep boom, like the rolling of an ocean wave" is heard after this novel's protagonist recognizes a wink as a symbol of solidarity. Near the end, the protagonist goes through "My Best Bread" and other writings by her mother while trapped inside a house with a bird. That character opens a cupboard to find a cigarette butt burned breadboard, which she raises above her head as a weapon. The protagonist of this novel, in which Dr. (*) Courtland fails to keep his patient alive, is named for the state flower of West Virginia and is upset with the idiotic Texan relatives that show up to her father's funeral at Mount Salus. That father dies during an operation to fix his detached retina and has his belongings desecrated by his widow Fay. Laurel McKelva Hand is the title character of, for 10 points, what novel by Eudora Welty?
A "deep boom, like the rolling of an ocean wave" is heard after this novel's protagonist recognizes a wink as a symbol of solidarity.
The Optimist's Daughter