Scout returns to Maycomb as an adult and sees her hometown and her father in a new light
What it is about
Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch, known as Scout, comes home to Alabama from New York for a visit. She finds that the town and the people she loves are changing, and she is shocked by what she learns about her father, Atticus. The book was written before To Kill a Mockingbird.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who loved To Kill a Mockingbird and are ready to see a harder side.
What you will get
A book that divided readers, and that is best read with open expectations. It is not a sequel in the usual sense.
Behind the book
Lee wrote it in the mid-1950s, and it was published in July 2015, long after To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Go Set a Watchman Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Literary Fiction · Hometown · Race · Disillusion
Length
278 pages · ≈ 8 h
More about this book
Characters
Jean Louise ‘Scout’ Finch and her father Atticus.
Setting
Maycomb, Alabama, in the 1950s.
What makes it different
Written first, it is a very different view of the Finch family.
Feel
Challenging, nostalgic and sharp.
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