The Optimistâs Daughter begins in New Orleans, Louisiana. The beginning of the novel takes place in a hospital in the bustling city during Marti Gras. After the Judge passes, the majority of the novel is set in Laurelâs childhood home, in her fatherâs hometown of Mount Salus, Mississippi.
The two largest hospitals in Huntington are St. Mary's Medical Center and Cabell Huntington Hospital. St. Mary's and Cabell-Huntington are jointly designated as the only trauma center in the region.
Make a gift now. Mountain View Regional Medical Center. Mountain View Regional Medical Center is a full-service hospital that has served Norton, Va., and the surrounding region since 1948. Mountain View Regional, a facility of Lonesome Pine Hospital, provides a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services to the community.