The Land of Sweet Forever

When To Kill a Mockingbird was published in the summer of 1960, it seemed to have sprung from nowhere, like an Alabamian Athena: a perfectly formed novel from an unknown southern writer without any evident precedent or antecedent. ... But no writer is without influences and aspirations: Harper Lee had, of course, come from somewhere and worked tremendously hard to become someone. ... How thrilling, then, to encounter a time capsule from the start of Lee's career ... help[ing] to explain how the little girl from South Alabama Avenue turned herself into a bestselling author. ... Brilliance unleashed on the page.

Guardian

Previously unseen short stories shed fresh light on Harper Lee's unlikely rise to fame

Guardian

Eight neatly typed short stories by the To Kill a Mockingbird author ... cast a new light on the literary giant

Sunday Times

Previously unseen stories and essays reveal Harper Lee's sharp wit, southern roots, and evolving voice. From small-town Alabama to big-city life, this posthumous collection offers a new window into one of America's literary icons.

i Paper

Harper Lee's wry humor is on ample display

Los Angeles Times

Allow[s] us to see the before and after of a literary sensation

i Paper

There's a sweetness of tone in the stories. I came away from reading this thinking I would have liked to know her.

Tom Sutcliffe, BBC Radio 4 Front Row

There's a joy and simplicity in the way she writes

Christina Newland, BBC Radio 4 Front Row

The stories are unmistakably Lee

The Telegraph