The title character leaves her fabric-designing business to return to Mount Salus, Mississippi, where she attends the funeral of Judge Clinton McKelva.
The main character in this novel stands in the driveway and "burns Milton's Universe" shortly after helping to evict a bird from the upstairs bedroom along with the maid Missouri. The title character of this novel finds a cache of letters about West Virginia that give insight into her mother. The central event of this novel is sparked when a woman throws herself onto her husband and screams "I tell you enough is enough! This is my birthday!" demanding to participate in the New Orleans Carnival outside. A man in this novel tells (*) Dr. Courtland that he survived the death of his first wife Becky and thus can survive surgery for a torn retina , but Major Bullock ultimately has to arrange the funeral of that man, who makes a widow of his uncouth Texan wife Fay. The title character leaves her fabric-designing business to return to Mount Salus, Mississippi, where she attends the funeral of Judge Clinton McKelva. For 10 points, name this novel about Laurel Hand, by Eudora Welty.
The main character in this novel stands in the driveway and "burns Milton's Universe" shortly after helping to evict a bird from the upstairs bedroom along with the maid Missouri.
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