Author Topic: The Library (Read 2080183 times)

hats · « **Reply #19080 on:** July 02, 2018, 02:52:29 PM »

Oh my goodness! What a delicious find in your mailbox. I hope you love each one of them. Your family relationships sound similar to mine. However, I might not make it to The Joy Luck Club discussion.

I still miss my mother too. I had a sister. She was my only sibling. I've never had a daughter. I have four sons and many grandchildren but only one grand girl out of the bunch. Yes, I miss my mother every single day. She had her personal burdens to bear, but I never doubted her love for me. Writing about her almost brings tears to my eyes. She loved shopping. She loved buying greeting cards and gifts for others. She kept a very neat address book for birthdays, anniversaries, get well cards, etc.

Frybabe · « **Reply #19081 on:** July 03, 2018, 07:48:26 AM »

Article posted in Publisher's Weekly. ALA Strips 'Laura Ingalls Wilder' Name from Children's Book Award.
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/77362-ala-2018-ala-strips-laura-ingalls-wilder-name-from-children-s-book-award.html?utm_source=Publishers+Weekly&utm_campaign=e99c3836de-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_06_29_02_33&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0bb2959cbb-e99c3836de-304806741

ginny · « **Reply #19082 on:** July 03, 2018, 08:57:24 AM »

Boy those are beautiful, Bellamarie! Did you say you got them cheaply as well? Looks like a world of relaxing reading is in store for you! Hard to choose.

Glad you'll be joining us for the Joy Luck Club, I'm looking forward to it.

Hats, The Kitchen God's Wife is also a great book. I always thought it was a sequel to the Joy Luck Club but apparently it's not, it just expands on the issue. I've read all of her books but the last one and you really can't go wrong.

I am interested to see what I think this time of The Joy Luck Club, because my "unvote" for Remains of the Day in the best of the Bookers, (because it didn't make somebody's shortlist, so I can't vote), caused me to pick it up again and I read half of it last night before bed and got up at 3 and started again. That kind of book. Still one of the best books I ever read but this time I am seeing things in it I did not originally.

The man is a genius. What he can convey in a sentence is out of this world. He deserves the Nobel Prize which he just won. I think Remains made such a powerful impression on me initially I never read his other works and now am going to remedy that today at B&N.

I did start Less, the new Pulitzer Prize Winner, by Sean Greer, and I enjoyed it for a while, it has the most rave reviews I've ever seen, very well written, and enjoyable, but one thing turned me off initially so I put it aside for a bit to return to later on. In reading books sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't, and that's one joy of reading: you get to choose. I'm on an Ishiguro kick now.

Am also reading Pompey: A Political Biography, by Seager, which was a bit daunting at first, so I began about half way through (because what I want to know is during the Civil Wars which is further in the book) and will return to the beginning and Sulla's era when I finish it. That should, but doesn't, make me feel guilty. hahaha

It's turned out to be a big surprise and very satisfying as far as I have gone. Have never understood Pompey the Great, but now I am beginning to. Plutarch's description of his death is so sad.

Great cool reading for very hot weather! What's everybody reading this week? And how hot IS it where you are? I believe even the North East is hotter than we are here in the South.

Tomereader1 · « **Reply #19083 on:** July 03, 2018, 11:23:22 AM »

It is 10:15 AM, and it's 88 degrees, meterologists predict temp of 100 plus today. It's already been 100 plus, twice (I think) in June. Our "warm" months are still ahead of us, July and August. Ah, good ole Texas weather!

bellamarie · « **Reply #19084 on:** July 03, 2018, 12:14:54 PM »

Ginny, I love how you stated.... I began about half way through (because what I want to know is during the Civil Wars which is further in the book) and will return to the beginning and Sulla's era when I finish it. That should, but doesn't, make me feel guilty. hahaha

I have finally given myself permission to not only skim through, skip pages, or stop reading a book altogether if it does not grab my interest after a good try at it. Penelope Lively's Family Album was just returned to the library, unfinished! I gave it a good go at it and half way through the book I was still wondering why the heck am I wasting my time reading this, and I did NOT feel the least bit guilty.

Hats, I so hope you can peek in from time to time when we begin The Joy Luck Club. I have two sons and two grandsons along with my one daughter and four granddaughters. We gals rule the Reinhart family!!! I am happy to say, I even have a very close relationship with my two daughter in laws, which I know can be rare in some families. I've learned to think much, speak less, and pray always, when things are not to my liking.

Our temps here in Ohio have been ungodly hot!! I am an outdoors kinda girl, especially in Spring, Summer and Fall, but taking my coffee out on the patio to sit with my hubby these past few days were unbearable. I usually take a walk around the backyard and check my flowers, pick off the dead ones, and pull a few weeds in the morning, but it's just been too hot to even do that. We hit the "feels like 112 degrees" the other day. I kept the grandkids in even though we have our pool. It is a bit cooler today going up to the high 80's - low 90s'. I'm off to make my Mom's banana pudding for the 4th celebration tomorrow, she made it every year and now I continue the tradition.

Ya'll have a great Independence Day tomorrow!!!

Jonathan · « **Reply #19085 on:** July 03, 2018, 01:11:46 PM »

That's a cheerful Stars and Stripes to greet one coming on site . Happy Fourth, everyone, tomorrow.

Thanks, Barb, for putting up our glorious Canadian flag on the First. What I like best about it, is that it comes with a fine, stiff breeeze. Just the thing on a hot day. It's noon and 84 degrees here in Toronto. Thanks, everyone, for the good wishes. May our two great nations continue forever to be such good neighbors.

Thanks, Bellamarie, for sharing your books with us. Could I borrow that third one from the bottom? But I should finish the one I'm reading. The strange life of Christine Keeler. And with all the talk of Ancient Rome I've dug up my copy of Mary Beard's SPQR. I started it once before and put it down to participate in a discussion. And now, in the middle of a discussion, being reminded of the Profumo Affair, as our boat sailed by Clivedon, that grand English country house on the Thames, I find myself reading a book I've had on my shelf for a long time. What a sorry life for Christine, caught up in the web of Cold War espionage. Gave so much pleasure to so many others, and yet feared for her own life. She passed away just a few months ago, outliving most of the players in that scandalous affair.

hats · « **Reply #19086 on:** July 04, 2018, 05:13:47 AM »

Yesbellamarie,, I will definitely peek in on the discussion. I love reading the posts whether reading the book or not. Ginny, I don't know much about Amy Tan's Literature except for what we have read here. I'll bet the other book is a sequel. Thanks for telling me. It is very hot here too. So hot that I've chosen to pretend not to hear the weather predictions. I'm not a person who likes hot weather. May I say too much heat almost makes me sick? Whoops, there I go complaining. As a family we visited Florida years ago and more than once. I loved it. That is the home of my parents and sister who passed away. I'm almost a contradiction because the beach gives me a feeling of happiness. I can't imagine living in Arizona. Near the desert, I think? Couldn't bear it. $:-\$

BarbStAubrey · « **Reply #19087 on:** July 04, 2018, 11:45:51 AM »

Well Bellamarie I looked up on Amazon just about all the books you will be reading the next few weeks - they all seem to be set in New England and I laughed outloud - perfect - that is it - a beach read has to be set in New England where beaches are warm not the anvil for the sun and breezes cool rather than feeling like a convection oven.

We have had so far 14 days in a row of triple digit temperatures so sitting in a beach chair reading for an hour or more is not a pleasant experience unless you have erected a canopy. Even a beach umbrella won't do since the shade area is not large enough to keep the intense glare out our your eyes. Fun fun fun -

Our summer reading is more like curling up with a tall glass of ice tea at home sitting under a ceiling fan with the AC blowing and away from a window that is a hot spot - almost as in many areas during the winter a reader curls up near a heat register or fireplace or during the day reading in a sunny spot. Although there are some beach reads that I've enjoyed that take place on the beaches of the Carolina's and a few that take place in Alabama along the Gulf Coast but not necessarily during triple digit summers.

As soon as school let out Memorial Day some neighborhood families beat it to the coast to see what was left - they all enjoyed themselves and found some private accommodations - the hotels were either swept away or destroyed except for a couple down near Corpus but things were cleaned up and coming back with most of the small businesses back with a big welcome.

Bellamarie, The Postmistress sounds intriguing and you just cannot go wrong with Hilderbrand can you - The Island is the one I would start with.

In the meantime I am flying high - my daughter was here for 2 weeks and we accomplished so much - completely cleared out my office - emptied 38 years of Real Estate - oh it was hard - like clearing a big part of my life - boxes of contracts that go back to 1980 when they were only one page - training manuals, CDs, and even Videos and oh so many promotional picture postcards that I never got around to sending out and now will be used by the teachers at Henderson High in Hendersonville NC where Katha teaches.

We filled the behemoth size bin provided by the city of Austin for recyclables with all sorts of papers and note books and and and - even found old phones and a keyboard in the back reaches of that closet - oh it was all neat and looked just fine so who knew what was in those stacks - but now it is a big weight off my mind - alone I would not have had the courage to toss - just saved what I need for taxes and the usual 7 years that I have to save documentation but all the rest is gone - Along with clearing out my closet and washing the quilts and comforters and taking down and washing the curtains and then Katha pulled the sofa from the wall and vacuumed under my bed and behind the chests - even got some windows - wow - still more to do in the craft/sewing room and if I do not get it done as she said, there is next year.

Katha still has many friends here in Austin she keeps up with and this year Freida found a special from Austin to Charlotte for $49 - so she flew out and they drove here together and then went back because she found another from Charlotte to Austin for $69 - Well after a few of her friends heard, they too want to accompany Katha on the drive spending time with her in her home for a week or so as Frieda is now - so our next few summers are scheduled - and lucky Frieda - they have tickets for the Biltmore night showing of Chihuly - wheee
https://www.biltmore.com/events/chihuly-nights-at-biltmore-1

Sorry Pat - Three Men... got short shrift - rather then a historical sail down the Themes, visiting and clearing out took over. And today the spell of triple digits may break - they sky is becoming overcast already - some sort of storm that traveled west along the coast is heading our way - rain will be so welcome - finally broke down and watered the other day - water is getting as expensive as gas - my bill will be in the hundreds. Then I remember to be thankful I have a home, grass, water and a full life... July 4th celebrates what we were, are, and hope to be as a nation...

PatH · « **Reply #19088 on:** July 04, 2018, 12:13:57 PM »

No need for apology, Barb. I figured that was what happened, and you helped get things off to a solid enough start that others got into the spirit. I'm pleased enough with the discussion; I didn't expect it to be copious, and we managed to enjoy the book and the discussion.

Jonathan · « **Reply #19089 on:** July 04, 2018, 01:59:00 PM »

God bless America...and help Barb get her house in order and let up a bit with the heat.

Frybabe · « **Reply #19090 on:** July 05, 2018, 07:26:44 AM »

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I have finally given myself permission to not only skim through, skip pages, or stop reading a book altogether if it does not grab my interest after a good try at it.

Bellamarie, it took me a long, long time to get to that point. I can't say when exactly that little revelation hit me any more, but I was probably in my mid-50's. A few books I set aside to try again another time, giving them a second chance, but not many. A few I push through a little bit to see if they improve farther in, sometimes they do.

bellamarie · « **Reply #19091 on:** July 05, 2018, 07:43:22 AM »

Barb, it sounds like you and your daughter accomplished a lot, and I like her outlook on, there is always next summer.

Frybabe, I have to say I decided if one of our book club members could toss a book against the wall and say, enough is enough, I too could decide to give up and stop reading if by at least the middle of the book, it was not keeping my interest. It is so liberating to get to this point, nothing says we must torture ourselves to the end of a book just because it's expected.

We had a splendid 4th of July, swimming, a cook-out, the kids & grandkids all at our house, which was a surprise, since both sons now have pools, and having the two youngest grands,spend the night so we could watch fireworks going off in every direction from my front yard. There is something so Norman Rockwell, to sit back under the big table umbrella snapping pictures of all the action taking place. I must have over a gazillion pics now that they are digital, but I still can't stop snapping those pics of my son Jeremy's first plunge into the pool spraying everyone with water, or the youngest grandchild saying, "Watch Nonnie I can finally swim!" The joy and laughter is just so contenting. Today I am sure my hubby and I will need a bit of a break from the sun and water, so I promised Zoey & Zak we would take them to Barnes and Noble to choose a book, and BOO the dog stuffed animal. That is Zoey's new obsession. We watched the movie Anne Of Green Gables The Good Star after everyone left. Zak was very interested in how they lived back in the 19th century, and Zoey asked if the girls always wore dresses. This was my very first time ever watching, so we really enjoyed this precocious little girl, who prayed for sensibility.

BarbStAubrey · « **Reply #19092 on:** July 05, 2018, 01:15:16 PM »

I cannot remember the last time I was so anxious for a book that was soon to be published - but this one I am pulling on the bit waiting - the first section of the book explaining the thesis available on Amazon makes so much sense to me and the thought had not crossed my mind till I read it...

The book is: Ariadne's Thread and The Myth of Happily Ever After: A Truth-Full Account For Women Navigating Timeless And Enduring Challenges saying that, after Ariadne (helped) kill the Minotaur the carcass lay there - no one cleared it out and the after affects of the years with the Minotaur were never detoxed -

The author makes the analogies for women as we become less and less like the women of our mother and grandmothers experience, who lived beyond being 'mom' and 'grandma' as the children and grands become adults. But beyond those particulars there is such a change even in my lifetime of the freedoms we have as individuals - heck it was not too long ago we could not even get a loan or make a large purchase without a man as at least a co-signer - I could not even buy a washing machine when ours broke down - had to wait till Saturday when my husband was available. With three children that was a challenge - thank God there were no diapers that needed washing.

Read the excerpt here... what do you think... I know I'm looking forward to the end of the month when this book becomes available. I can see lots of Minotaurs in my life and in the social fabric of our lives and so I am thinking there are many examples of (laying thread to) killing the Minotaur and the after effects.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/178535812X/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

BarbStAubrey · « **Reply #19093 on:** July 06, 2018, 04:48:24 AM »

mabel1015j · « **Reply #19094 on:** July 06, 2018, 11:41:00 AM »

Wonderful!

Tomereader1 · « **Reply #19095 on:** July 06, 2018, 11:52:00 AM »

Awesome poem! So true.

My f2f Book Club, met last night. Our selection was "The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry". I had read the book when it first came out in 2012. Our moderator did a fabulous job, seeing things in the book that most of us wouldn't have thought of. A truly enlightening experience. Did we read it here in SL? If so, I would hope someone will provide me with a link to the discussion.

nlhome · « **Reply #19096 on:** July 06, 2018, 02:12:34 PM »

I certainly enjoyed that poem. Thanks, Barbara.

mabel1015j · « **Reply #19097 on:** July 08, 2018, 12:48:51 PM »

Netflix has the movie The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society available. The trailer looks like its a good look at the book. We had a discussion here many years ago, but I don’t remember some of the scenes that they show in the trailer, may be my brain has lost some of the book. 😊

Jean

ginny · « **Reply #19098 on:** July 08, 2018, 01:13:03 PM »

Barbara, I love that poem about the book!!

Did you SEE? They got 4 of the boys OUT of that cave today! Isn't that a miracle? They've stopped and hope to resume tomorrow. The way they did it was incredible. Just incredible.

CallieOK · « **Reply #19099 on:** July 08, 2018, 04:13:53 PM »

Jean, thank you for the "heads up" about the "Guernsey Literary......" movie on Netflix. I enjoyed reading the book (may have been in on the discussion here) and will enjoy seeing the movie.

I haven't yet seen a news story about the rescue but am so happy to be reading about it.

Wouldn't you know? THREE books I had on hold have magically appeared on my library e-book Loan List at the same time! Off to start reading....

Frybabe · « **Reply #19100 on:** July 08, 2018, 04:42:21 PM »

Yes, the poem. I can get completely lost in the story, sometimes like I am right there with the characters.

Ginny. I am wondering if you read Mary Beard's new book Women & Power: A Manifesto. I read some of the comments on Amazon. It seems some people liked it for the history, while others expected MB to come up with a recommendation or plan to once and for all make us equal to men without trying to emulate men in order to do so; I think they expect too much. The book came out of two of her lectures so I noted. It is now on my library wish list to read some time later. Not a usual topic of interest to me, it will have to wait a good while til I get through other books on my list, unless someone comes up with some compelling reason to read it sooner. It is only 128 pages.

Meanwhile I am continuing on with Mike Duncan's book, The Storm Before the Storm... I've just finished Chapter 2.

I just picked up Carthage Must be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization, by Richard Miles, in audio book form. Yes, I joined Audible again. My eyes have been fuzzing out on my the last few days again, so I really appreciate the audio books for evening "reading".

bellamarie · « **Reply #19101 on:** July 09, 2018, 11:04:04 AM »

Jean, I saw this too: https://www.bookbub.com/blog/2018/02/15/watch-the-guernsey-literary-and-potato-peel-pie-society-movie-trailer/

I so loved the book, and our discussion, makes me want to read it again.

Ginny, I saw on the news they rescued the boys. I so hope they are all rescued before anymore flooding, which is reported in the forecast. Elon Mush has built a pod capsule to help rescue the boys. Here is a video of how it would work.

https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/1016060413476143104

Here is the article I was reading this morning.
http://wonderfulengineering.com/elon-musk-has-just-built-an-escape-pod-for-thai-football-team-trapped-in-the-cave/

Barb, that poem is so spot on! I saw this show last night called Objectified on Direct TV channel 360 FNCHD, Harvey Levin interviewed Dr. Phil MaGraw and he said for his and Robin's 46 years of marriage he wrote her a book of poems with the last one mentioning the 46th year. It gave me a great idea for a gift to my hubby for our 50th in just three years. God willing we will both be here to celebrate it. I think I will begin this book now and add a few pics to it, one from each year. My first writing experience was with poetry. I actually have had a few poems printed in the International Library of Poetry, and was asked to be a guest speaker at their annual dinner back in 2002, in Washington D.C. I did not attend due to scheduling and fear of speaking in front of a crowd. Drat, how I wish I could have a do over.

bellamarie · « **Reply #19102 on:** July 09, 2018, 04:49:47 PM »

My book The Joy Luck Club came in the mail today. I ordered it from Thriftbooks.com for $3 or $4 dollars free shipping & handling. It is a hard back, in perfect, like brand new condition!! So excited to begin the discussion.

PatH · « **Reply #19103 on:** July 09, 2018, 08:34:45 PM »

Mine came today too, paperback, pretty cheap too.

ANNIE · « **Reply #19104 on:** July 10, 2018, 11:28:39 AM »

I will order the book online at my. Library. Hope it’s not too late to do so!

PatH · « **Reply #19105 on:** July 10, 2018, 01:12:59 PM »

Hi, Annie, good to see you back, and have you in the discussion.

PatH · « **Reply #19106 on:** July 10, 2018, 01:14:36 PM »

Ooooh! They got the remaining 4 boys and the coach out! Everybody is alive and in sort of good shape.

ANNIE · « **Reply #19107 on:** July 10, 2018, 01:15:54 PM »

Book will be here 07/17!🤓❤️

hats · « **Reply #19108 on:** July 10, 2018, 01:48:48 PM »

Hi Annie, hope your book arrives on time. While waiting for Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult to arrive from my library, I'm reading Go Set A Watchman A Novel by Harper Lee. I might have been in the group who read it here. I can't remember a bit of the discussion or any of the book. I am really liking this book by Harper Lee. Of course, there are racial thoughts. I'm in the American South at a time when race superiority was alive and well. The thoughts more than sting because hatred is still alive in the twenty - First Century. However, wherever there is ugliness there is always beauty. You might have to dig around for it, but it's there in people like Atticus Finch and Calpurnia and Jean Louise. These people wipe out the voices of the Alexandras.
I would like to turn back the clock to the days of the discussion. There are a couple of passages that have me scratching my head. All of you wonderful readers who ponder ideas deeply while reading would know the answers to my questions. Like why is it that Harper Lee through the voice of Jean Louise compares a lawn mower, grass and Wordsworth's poetry to one another? Since I love William Wordsworth's poetry, I would like to understand the statement.

bellamarie · « **Reply #19109 on:** July 10, 2018, 07:10:13 PM »

HatsI have been wanting to read Go Set A Watchman, I don't think our book club has discussed this book yet. Here is a link that may help with your question about the comparisons. Find which chapter you read it in, and then click on the chapter at this site to see if they mention why she compared them. Taking it out of context, makes it difficult to know what she was thinking when she wrote it.

hats · « **Reply #19110 on:** July 11, 2018, 05:39:58 AM »

bellamarie, I'm glad to hear you want to read it. I'm so late reading it. I thought surely every person in the US and beyond had read it already. Why in the world did I think it had been discussed? Yes, I worried about context while writing those few words here. Each day I look forward to reading it. It's that good. It gives a good look into Harper Lee's family, or should I write Jean Louise's family? I've met dill and Jem all over again but not Boo yet. Thank you so much for the link. When you read it, I hope you will share your thoughts.

PatH · « **Reply #19111 on:** July 11, 2018, 07:55:46 AM »

Hats, I haven't read it either.

BarbStAubrey · « **Reply #19112 on:** July 11, 2018, 11:57:11 AM »

Yes, it has been on my pile to read - such controversy when it was published I did not want to get in the middle of it.

bellamarie · « **Reply #19113 on:** July 11, 2018, 07:09:29 PM »

Yes, there was controversy as far as having the book published. If I remember correctly, the friend/agent Tonya Carter supposedly had the book published without Harper Lee's permission. Here is a link about the controversy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/03/books/harper-lee-go-set-a-watchman-may-have-been-found-earlier-than-thought.html

I feel after Harper's sister Alice died, the friend/agent may have taken liberty, and advantage of Harper Lee's manuscript. I was a bit turned off at the time of release to read it, but have decided I want to read it regardless of the controversy. No one will ever be able to know the real truth since Harper Lee died in 2017.

hats · « **Reply #19114 on:** July 11, 2018, 08:12:57 PM »

SPOILER:

Atticus Finch has broken my heart. I thought he was truly a good man. Now, I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him. Henry says his behavior is excused by "motive. He has a darn good reason for wearing one of those white, masked ...I'm angry at him. No good motive excuses his actions. What happened to his courage? I feel Jean Louise is just as shocked as I. Perhaps, New York adds to her idealistic needs to see right done correctly.

Henry checked her: "Look, honey. Have you ever considered that men, especially men, must conform to certain demands of the community they live in simply so they can be of service to it? Excuse me, is that right? I am so glad Harper Lee wrote this novel, Go Set A Watchman.

bellamarie · « **Reply #19115 on:** July 11, 2018, 10:48:59 PM »

Oh dear Hats, that really does entice me to read Watchman, sooner than later. Speaking of Harper Lee, did you know it's a Happy Book Birthday to "To Kill a Mockingbird!" The beloved American classic was published on July 11,1960.

hats · « **Reply #19116 on:** July 12, 2018, 05:34:12 AM »

No, I didn't know, bellamarie. Thank you for telling me. Happy Book Birthday, Harper Lee. I only finished the novel, "Go Set A Watchman" a few moments ago. I loved the honesty of the book. I wish she were still alive because our society continues to go through stagnations and changes proving it's a living organism.

bellamarie · « **Reply #19117 on:** July 12, 2018, 07:09:34 AM »

We read a book about Harper Lee awhile back, darned if I can remember the name of it. But it gave me the sense that she did not expect all the fame and attention when she wrote To Kill A Mockingbird. I recall she went into seclusion and never wanted to do any interviews. Here is another article I found:

http://gawker.com/how-unauthorized-is-the-new-book-about-harper-lee-1605214844

I looked through the Archives of discussions and can not find the book we read. Can anyone remember the name of the book. I didn't think it was The Mockingbird Next Door, but maybe it was. I thought it was just Mockingbird. Anyway, because of what we learned about Harper Lee, I can't imagine she would have wanted Go Set A Watchman published. It also makes me wonder if anyone may have altered it, or edited it, without her knowledge since she was near blind, and not speaking at the time the book was published. I guess we will never know.

I'm pretty sure this is the book we read and discussed. Anyone remember this?

https://www.amazon.com/Mockingbird-Portrait-Harper-Revised-Updated/dp/1250097711/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1531394125&sr=1-7&keywords=books+about+harper+lee

CallieOK · « **Reply #19118 on:** July 12, 2018, 10:56:01 AM »

Here's a link to information on an authorized memoir/biography of Harper Lee by Marja Mills - "The Mockingbird Next Door". I have read it and found it very interesting.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/book-review-the-mockingbird-next-doorlife-with-harper-lee-by-marja-mills/2014/07/09/cd567a02-fc87-11e3-932c-0a55b81f48ce_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f7632e57532a

Jonathan · « **Reply #19119 on:** July 12, 2018, 01:55:03 PM »

Bellamarie, my aging computer won't serve up the link you supply re the Harper Lee book. I'm pretty certain it was Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee. By Charles J. Shields. It must be. My copy is heavily marked up.

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