This is exciting news for admirers of famed author Harper Lee.
Associated Press stated that Publisher HarperCollins will release the second novel by 88-year-old Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird. The publisher announced this unexpected information Tuesday, February 3, 2015, to enthusiastic fans around the world. Completed in 1955, Go Set a Watchman was set aside for six decades. Now the book will be released Tuesday, July 14.
It “is essentially a sequel to [the first novel], although it was finished earlier. The new book is set in Lee’s famed Maycomb, AL, during the mid-1950’s, 20 years (1930’s) after To Kill a Mockingbird….” Scout is an adult who returns to Maycomb. Atticus and other well-recognized characters are involved.
Contact HarperCollins Customer Service department at 800-242-7737 to preorder a copy at $27.99; add $2.75 shipping on the first book plus Illinois sales tax. Shipping on multiples copies is only $1 per book. Your credit card will not be billed until July 14.
Lee’s first novel was released in 1960 and has worldwide sales topping 40 million copies. The film version will be shown at Odell Public Library, 307 S. Madison Street, Morrison, IL, on Tuesday, February 10, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. in the Program Room. There is no charge. Refreshments will be provided.
Any list of compelling, classic films will surely include “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Anne Frame states, “‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ is a masterpiece–both as a novel and a film. It is an ‘old’ friend. It still has lessons and values for us all, whether you are revisiting or are a newcomer to the story.”
