In the canon
The Optimist's Daughter
Eudora Welty
- Form
- Form Novel
- Year
- Year 1972
- Pages
- Pages 180
The cure for a detached retina, in that New Orleans hospital, is to lie still in the dark and wait. Judge McKelva takes to it so completely that his daughter, keeping vigil beside the bed, cannot tell patience from surrender.
The mystery in how little we know of other people is no greater than the mystery of how much.
The blurb, the gist, the why of the day and the work itself are in the app. The first button needs it on this device; the second gets it there.