A review by wsk56
Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee by Charles J. Shields

4.0

This excellent biography of Harper Lee, author of To Kill A Mockingbird, was unauthorized, but this author did thorough and extensive research. Lee did not authorize any biography and rarely granted interviews. Especially interesting to me was the depiction of the writer's process and her reaction to fame and fortune. Her friendship with Truman Capote and her relationships with family members provide much of the story here, as well as the friendships she cultivated in New York as she wrote and rewrote Mockingbird. We also gain insight about why she never wrote another novel after Mockingbird. I truly enjoyed this book and now I want to go back and read Mockingbird again. I haven't read it since ninth grade. Thanks to my Mom for giving me this book!