Harper Lee Commits to a Second Book

Sorry, Tide.  According to many ranking sites, under coach Nick Saban, National Signing Day has yet again yielded Alabama’s football program the top signing class.  But this year you were upstaged.  So roll Tide, roll on over and make room for Harper Lee, author of “To Kill a Mockingbird.”

News of the upcoming release of Lee’s new novel, featuring Jean Louise Finch (“Scout”) and her father Atticus (55 years after “To Kill a Mockingbird” first hit bookstores across America) popped up all over the web.

Lee, now 88, worked on the story–titled “Go Set a Watchman”–back in the ’50s, even before she began to write “To Kill a Mockingbird.” The story centered around Scout and her aging father Atticus. Lee’s editor became interested in the childhood recollections of Scout that were depicted in the story and encouraged her to write about Scout as a child. This led to the creation of her much heralded masterwork of American fiction.

Lee’s work on “Go Set a Watchman” was known to exist, but details concerning it were not. The manuscript was only recently discovered in Lee’s archives, by her friend and lawyer (They are good for something!).

Harper Lee’s second novel is scheduled to be released in July.
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