Harper Lee takes us back to Maycomb Alabama in this not quite sequel of To Kill a Mockingbird. This novel, which has often been talked about as the story that spawned To Kill a Mockingbird gives us a now grown up Scout, who goes Jean Louise but has not lost any of the spunk she had as a child. The novel follows Jean Louise as she goes back to Maycomb to visit her aging father, Atticus and finds the town of Maycomb is not as she remembers it. Lee makes Jean Louise a compelling and realistic character struggling with the problems we all face growing up. — Amy Williams
Some good stories will hide away for decades until their time is right. Now is the time for this one. Watchman is a beautiful, haunting story that is neither a sequel nor a prequel to Harper Lee’s only other novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. It stands alone in its depiction of Jean Louise “Scout” Finch’s return to Maycomb after years away. From the cheerful childhood flashbacks that inspired Mockingbird to the gut-wrenching discovery that heroes are human, Watchman is a poignant look at one woman’s journey home. — Hilary Wartinger
Harper Lee takes us back to Maycomb Alabama in this not quite sequel of To Kill a Mockingbird. This novel, which has often been talked about as the story that spawned To Kill a Mockingbird gives us a now grown up Scout, who goes Jean Louise but has not lost any of the spunk she had as a child. The novel follows Jean Louise as she goes back to Maycomb to visit her aging father, Atticus and finds the town of Maycomb is not as she remembers it. Lee makes Jean Louise a compelling and realistic character struggling with the problems we all face growing up. — Amy Williams
Some good stories will hide away for decades until their time is right. Now is the time for this one. Watchman is a beautiful, haunting story that is neither a sequel nor a prequel to Harper Lee’s only other novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. It stands alone in its depiction of Jean Louise “Scout” Finch’s return to Maycomb after years away. From the cheerful childhood flashbacks that inspired Mockingbird to the gut-wrenching discovery that heroes are human, Watchman is a poignant look at one woman’s journey home. — Hilary Wartinger
Acclaimed and criticized, this is an important book! Scout, as an adult, returns to her hometown after escaping to the North, and finds a very different South than the one she remembered. — Barbara Morrow
Now available in a gorgeous, limited leatherbound edition, Harper Lee's landmark #1 New York Times bestselling novel set two decades after her beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, To Kill a Mockingbird.
Maycomb, Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch--"Scout"--returns home from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the South, Jean Louise's homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family, the town, and the people dearest to her. Memories from her childhood flood back, and her values and assumptions are thrown into doubt. Featuring many of the iconic characters from To Kill a Mockingbird, Go Set a Watchman perfectly captures a young woman, and a world, in painful yet necessary transition out of the illusions of the past--a journey that can only be guided by one's own conscience.
Written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman imparts a fuller, richer understanding and appreciation of Harper Lee. Here is an unforgettable novel of wisdom, humanity, passion, humor, and effortless precision--a profoundly affecting work of art that is both wonderfully evocative of another era and relevant to our own times. It not only confirms the enduring brilliance of To Kill a Mockingbird, but also serves as its essential companion, adding depth, context, and new meaning to an American classic.