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The Mockingbird Next Door: Life with Harper Lee
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Harper "Nell" Lee grew up and lived most of her life in Monroeville, AL which is about an hour northeast of me, so I kept up with her via reports from time to time in the local news. Yet, as many know she was generally shy, highly averse to media and unwilling to give interviews.
It's my belief that, as Ms. Lee claimed just prior to publication of this bookrag, she was duped into granting access to the author who had moved in next door saying she was "working on a book," staying only so long as needed to get enough copy for a manuscript (and a handsome publisher's payout).
Nonetheless, I was interested enough to borrow a copy to read.
The kindest thing I can say about this book is that it was so-so enough to "read part of it all the way through" (borrowing a quip from Sam Goldwyn).
It's my belief that, as Ms. Lee claimed just prior to publication of this bookrag, she was duped into granting access to the author who had moved in next door saying she was "working on a book," staying only so long as needed to get enough copy for a manuscript (and a handsome publisher's payout).
Nonetheless, I was interested enough to borrow a copy to read.
The kindest thing I can say about this book is that it was so-so enough to "read part of it all the way through" (borrowing a quip from Sam Goldwyn).
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May 03, 2017 09:13AM
My book club read this and we all felt the same. Some interesting tidbits about the two sisters, doing laundry in a laundromat for instance no television set, etc. But not at all well written, and I felt used as a reader.
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Diane wrote: "My book club read this and we all felt the same. Some interesting tidbits about the two sisters ..."Diane, I am interested in reading a book published last week, called Mockingbird Songs: My Friendship with Harper Lee
I only learned about it a few days ago.
Among the author's recollections is a considerable amount of correspondence between Ms. Lee and Wayne Flynt, an Auburn history professor, renowned for his encyclopedic knowledge of Southern culture and politics, especially in Alabama.
They developed a friendship in the early 1990s. I think, more than anything, it should provide insight into the mind that gave us To Kill a Mockingbird.
Despite the apparent duplicity I didn't mind the book, I felt I got a good sense of Harper from this book and that's what I was after.
