Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee: Revised and Updated (Paperback)

from fredreeca

As a life long reader, I am sad to say, I was late to the To Kill a Mockingbird party. I was never required to read it in school. So, I never did. I finally read this book in my late 30's. What an impact! I am glad I waited to read this. I feel the book had more meaning to me because of my age. A...

from lschiff

This was a Christmas present from my folks and was a wonderful read. A great insight into this incredible book.

from katylit

Very good biography of Harper Lee from her childhood to present day. Lee only wrote the one book, [To Kill a Mockingbird], which was wildly successful. But the success totally intimidated her about trying to follow up with another book. Interesting woman, interesting life. I found her philosophy ...

from hardlyhardy

Sometimes success can come too soon, such as in the case of the high school football star who isn't quite good enough to land a college scholarship. The best years of his life can be over by the time he's 18, making the rest of his life seem anticlimactic. Harper Lee was several years older than ...

from mldavis2

I found this an interesting account of the life of the reclusive author Harper Lee. The biographer was not able to interview Ms. Lee directly, so nearly all of the material was obtained from files or interviews with people who had known her or had some measure of contact. It is also somewhat unus...