A modern mobile crane with outriggers. The latticed boom is fitted with a gib. A crane is a type of machine, generally equipped with a hoist rope, wire ropes or chains, and sheaves, that can be used both to lift and lower materials and to move them horizontally. It is mainly used for lifting heavy things and transporting them to other places.
The Optimist's Daughter is a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winning 1972 short novel by Eudora Welty.
Below is the extensive Q&A with Susan. There is also a FAQ on the book's website. At the bottom of this page we have links to where you can purchase new or used copies of the book. From Susan Nathiel, author of Daughters of Madness: Growing Up and Older with a Mentally Ill Mother, Praeger/Greenwood Press, 2007.here is also a FAQ on the book's website. At the bottom of this page we have links to where you can purchase new or used copies of the book. From Susan Nathiel, author of Daughters of Madness: Growing Up and Older with a Mentally Ill Mother, Praeger/Greenwood Press, 2007.