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- Condition
- Modification Description
- Signed on title page
- Signed By
- Marja Mills
- Signed
- Yes
- Book Series
- Historical
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Age Level
- Adults
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Inscribed
- No
- Modified Item
- Yes
- Edition
- First Edition
- Vintage
- No
- Personalize
- No
- Type
- Biography
- Special Attributes
- 1st Edition
- Personalized
- No
- Features
- Dust Jacket, 1st Edition
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Subjects
- Biographies & True Stories
- ISBN
- 9781594205194
- EAN
- 9781594205194
- Book Title
- Mockingbird Next Door : Life with Harper Lee
- Item Length
- 9.1 in
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.4 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism
- Topic
- General, Literary, American / General
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Item Weight
- 17.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 280 Pages
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is one of the best loved novels of the twentieth century. But for the last fifty years, the novel s celebrated author, Harper Lee, has said almost nothing on the record. Journalists have trekked to her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, where Harper Lee, known to her friends as Nelle, has lived with her sister, Alice, for decades, trying and failing to get an interview with the author. But in 2001, the Lee sisters opened their door to Chicago Tribune journalist Marja Mills. It was the beginning of a long conversation and a great friendship. In 2004, with the Lees blessing, Mills moved into the house next door to the sisters. She spent the next eighteen months there, sharing coffee at McDonalds and trips to the Laundromat with Nelle, feeding the ducks and going out for catfish supper with the sisters, and exploring all over lower Alabama with the Lees inner circle of friends. Nelle shared her love of history, literature, and the Southern way of life with Mills, as well as her keen sense of how journalism should be practiced. As the sisters decided to let Mills tell their story, Nelle helped make sure she was getting the story and the South right. Alice, the keeper of the Lee family history, shared the stories of their family. The Mockingbird Next Door is the story of Mills s friendship with the Lee sisters. It is a testament to the great intelligence, sharp wit, and tremendous storytelling power of these two women, especially that of Nelle. Mills was given a rare opportunity to know Nelle Harper Lee, to be part of the Lees life in Alabama, and to hear them reflect on their upbringing, their corner of the Deep South, how To Kill a Mockingbird affected their lives, and why Nelle Harper Lee chose to never write another novel."
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1594205191
ISBN-13
9781594205194
eBay Product ID (ePID)
175238517
Product Key Features
Book Title
Mockingbird Next Door : Life with Harper Lee
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
General, Literary, American / General
Publication Year
2014
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism
Number of Pages
280 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Height
0.4 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
17.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Ps3562.E353z75 2014
Reviews
Elizabeth Berg, New York Times bestselling author of Open House "You might come to The Mockingbird Next Door to find out why Harper Lee never wrote another novel. But you'll stay with it for its lush evocation of the South, and for the insight into what made this reclusive author the person she became. In these pages, you'll see the book-crowded house where Harper Lee lives with her sister, Alice. You'll go along on outings, sit in living rooms and at restaurant tables with the Lees, read faxes they and the author send back and forth, and appreciate the small and not-so-small revelations they offer: life when they were growing up with their father, who was the model for Atticus Finch; how reading sustains a person for a lifetime, how deeply embedded values don't change just because the times do, why it's a good idea to regularly count the ducks you feed. I suppose we all thrill to the notion of learning personal things about a deeply private but world-famous person. What we don't necessarily expect to see is how gently, respectfully and, above all, naturally it can be done. While I appreciated getting to see and hear the 'real' Harper Lee, I enjoyed as well the chance to meet Marja Mills, the woman who did what no one before her had because of her guileless trustworthiness, kindness, and care." Andrew Carroll, New York Times bestselling author of War Letters "In The Mockingbird Next Door , Marja Mills offers readers a rare gift, the opportunity to know an American icon. We all know that Harper Lee made a singular impact on American culture and letters with her classic To Kill a Mockingbird . But, we have never had the opportunity to know the great lady herself. I'm so glad that she and her sister Alice Lee decided to open up their world to Mills. I promise that the real Harper Lee is more than worth the wait, and Alice Lee emerges as a fascinating character in her own right. Mills was lucky enough to be invited into the lives of the Lee sisters, and it's a treat for all of us to join her there.", Kirkus Reviews "In her first book, a journalist offers a gentle, loving portrait of a reclusive writer…. Mills portrays Nelle as a grown-up Scout, the feisty and defiant heroine of Mockingbird…. [A] charming portrait of a small Southern town and its most famous resident." Elizabeth Berg, New York Times bestselling author of Open House "You might come to The Mockingbird Next Door to find out why Harper Lee never wrote another novel. But you'll stay with it for its lush evocation of the South, and for the insight into what made this reclusive author the person she became. In these pages, you'll see the book-crowded house where Harper Lee lives with her sister, Alice. You'll go along on outings, sit in living rooms and at restaurant tables with the Lees, read faxes they and the author send back and forth, and appreciate the small and not-so-small revelations they offer: life when they were growing up with their father, who was the model for Atticus Finch; how reading sustains a person for a lifetime, how deeply embedded values don't change just because the times do, why it's a good idea to regularly count the ducks you feed. I suppose we all thrill to the notion of learning personal things about a deeply private but world-famous person. What we don't necessarily expect to see is how gently, respectfully and, above all, naturally it can be done. While I appreciated getting to see and hear the 'real' Harper Lee, I enjoyed as well the chance to meet Marja Mills, the woman who did what no one before her had because of her guileless trustworthiness, kindness, and care." Andrew Carroll, New York Times bestselling author of War Letters "In The Mockingbird Next Door , Marja Mills offers readers a rare gift, the opportunity to know an American icon. We all know that Harper Lee made a singular impact on American culture and letters with her classic To Kill a Mockingbird . But, we have never had the opportunity to know the great lady herself. I'm so glad that she and her sister Alice Lee decided to open up their world to Mills. I promise that the real Harper Lee is more than worth the wait, and Alice Lee emerges as a fascinating character in her own right. Mills was lucky enough to be invited into the lives of the Lee sisters, and it's a treat for all of us to join her there.", Garden and Gun : "[Mills is] a skilled writer and storyteller… The Mockingbird Next Door has a near perfect combination of story and fact." Booklist (starred): "As she portrays the exceptional Lee women and their modest, slow-paced world with awed precision, Mills creates a uniquely intimate, ruminative, and gently illuminating biographical memoir." Publishers Weekly (boxed review): "A must-read for fans…thoughtful, witty, and rich in feeling." Kirkus Reviews : "In her first book, a journalist offers a gentle, loving portrait of a reclusive writer…. Mills portrays Nelle as a grown-up Scout, the feisty and defiant heroine of Mockingbird…. [A] charming portrait of a small Southern town and its most famous resident." Elizabeth Berg, New York Times bestselling author of Open House "You might come to The Mockingbird Next Door to find out why Harper Lee never wrote another novel. But you'll stay with it for its lush evocation of the South, and for the insight into what made this reclusive author the person she became. In these pages, you'll see the book-crowded house where Harper Lee lives with her sister, Alice. You'll go along on outings, sit in living rooms and at restaurant tables with the Lees, read faxes they and the author send back and forth, and appreciate the small and not-so-small revelations they offer: life when they were growing up with their father, who was the model for Atticus Finch; how reading sustains a person for a lifetime, how deeply embedded values don't change just because the times do, why it's a good idea to regularly count the ducks you feed. I suppose we all thrill to the notion of learning personal things about a deeply private but world-famous person. What we don't necessarily expect to see is how gently, respectfully and, above all, naturally it can be done. While I appreciated getting to see and hear the 'real' Harper Lee, I enjoyed as well the chance to meet Marja Mills, the woman who did what no one before her had because of her guileless trustworthiness, kindness, and care." Andrew Carroll, New York Times bestselling author of War Letters "In The Mockingbird Next Door , Marja Mills offers readers a rare gift, the opportunity to know an American icon. We all know that Harper Lee made a singular impact on American culture and letters with her classic To Kill a Mockingbird . But, we have never had the opportunity to know the great lady herself. I'm so glad that she and her sister Alice Lee decided to open up their world to Mills. I promise that the real Harper Lee is more than worth the wait, and Alice Lee emerges as a fascinating character in her own right. Mills was lucky enough to be invited into the lives of the Lee sisters, and it's a treat for all of us to join her there."
Copyright Date
2014
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2013-039938
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Dewey Edition
23
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