“Go Set A Watchman”….Scout Is Back Harper Lee To Publish Second Novel

by Lynn McMillen
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Harper Lee

Harper Lee

MONROEVILLE-More than 50 years after “To Kill a Mockingbird” Harper Lee is set to release her second novel.  She wrote the 304 page novel back in the early to mid 50’s this was before “To Kill a Mockingbird” was published in 1960.

Lee decided to put the novel, “Go Set a Watchman” aside and forgot about the book for harper3n-2-webover half a century.  Lee said she was surprised to find the novel, “Go Set a Watchman” last fall after a friend found the old manuscript attached to an original typed script of “To Kill a Mockingbird”.

The manuscript is tied to “To Kill a Mockingbird” telling the tale of Scout, the heart of “To Kill a Mockingbird” who returns home to

Harper Lee

Harper Lee

Maycomb, Alabama from New York, after two decades away,  for a  visits with her father Atticus.

Lee says “After much thought and hesitation, I shared it with a handful of people I trust and was pleased to hear that they considered it worthy of of publication.  I am humbled and amazed that this will now be published after all these years.”

“Go Set a Watchman” will get a first printing of two million copies and will be published on July 14, 2015.

 

 

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