The Book I Have Been Anxiously Awaiting

          For years, I have lamented the fact that Nelle Lee (Harper Lee) had never finished the sequel to To Kill a Mockingbird, my favorite book of all time. This summer, the impossible will actually happen when she releases Go Set a Watchman. I am hopeful and scared. Hopeful that her writing will be everything I know and love, and scared, as she probably was, that the book falls short of brilliance that the Pulitzer Prize winning first attempt was, and is. I've always thought that Ms Nell Harper Lee, of Monroeville, Alabama, was insecure in her writing, unaware of her brilliance, and willing to let others (Truman Capote) take advantage of her eagerness to help, to please. In my humble opinion, she wrote In Cold Blood, so to say that she went dry after TKAM is probably erroneous. She was probably so disillusioned with friendship, with publishing companies, and the selfishness of people to continue with her work. It was there lurking below the surface, however. Talent cannot be contained. It bubbles up and outward and needs to be shared with others. Thank you, Harper Lee, for understanding this need in your readers. I will savor every morsel of your book and read it over and over.