The Land of Sweet Forever

‘Unpublished they may have been, but these aren’t half-baked sketches: they are stories written with all of Lee’s character and descriptive brilliance.’- The Times

‘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.’- iPaper

‘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.’- iPaper

‘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

Harper Lee (Author)

Harper Lee was born in 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama. She is the author of the acclaimed To Kill a Mockingbird, originally published in 1960; and Go Set a Watchman, published in July 2015. Ms Lee received the Pulitzer Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and numerous other literary awards and honours. She died in 2016.

Casey Cep (Introducer)

Casey Cep is at work on the authorized biography of Harper Lee. A staff writer at The New Yorker, she is the author of the bestselling book Furious Hours- Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee. She was born and raised on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, where she still lives with her family.

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