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I couldn't put the book down once I started reading. I hadn't realized that so many of the characters and events in To Kill a Mockingbird were based on her life in Monroeville, Alabama. Until I saw the movie, Capote, I did not know about Lee's relationship with Capote, so reading more about their investigation of the Kansas murders was especially interesting. Afer finishing the book, I realized that Nelle Harper Lee was actually the Mockingbird--the exposure and notoriety that came to her after writing her first book may have been the main reason she never wrote another novel. However, I wonder if there will be writings that will be discovered later--when she will not have to hear any comparisons with her beloved first book.
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Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee by Charles J. Shields
wes921, September 30, 2006
I couldn't put the book down once I started reading. I hadn't realized that so many of the characters and events in To Kill a Mockingbird were based on her life in Monroeville, Alabama. Until I saw the movie, Capote, I did not know about Lee's relationship with Capote, so reading more about their investigation of the Kansas murders was especially interesting. Afer finishing the book, I realized that Nelle Harper Lee was actually the Mockingbird--the exposure and notoriety that came to her after writing her first book may have been the main reason she never wrote another novel. However, I wonder if there will be writings that will be discovered later--when she will not have to hear any comparisons with her beloved first book.(16 of 24 readers found this comment helpful)