Written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman imparts a fuller, richer understanding and appreciation of the late Harper Lee.
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. Memories from her childhood flood back, and her values and assumptions are thrown into doubt. 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. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch-“Scout”-returns home to Maycomb, Alabama from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus.
“ Go Set a Watchman is such an important book, perhaps the most important novel on race to come out of the white South in decades." - New York TimesĪ landmark novel by Harper Lee, set two decades after her beloved Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece, To Kill a Mockingbird.
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