Harper Lee is publishing a second book at 88, fifty-five years after "To Kill a Mockingbird," her first book was released. With the working title, "Go Set a Watchman," Harper Lee completed the manuscript in the 1950s and then it was set aside in favor of "To Kill a Mockingbird." In a statement released today by her publishers, the new books has been slated to be published July 14, and it follows Scout, the little girl of "Mockingbird," as an adult.
The manuscript was rediscovered last year, Lee, 88, said in a statement from her publisher, Harper.
"In the mid-1950s, I completed a novel called 'Go Set a Watchman'. It features the character known as Scout as an adult woman, and I thought it a pretty decent effort. My editor, who was taken by the flashbacks to Scout's childhood, persuaded me to write a novel (what became 'To Kill a Mockingbird') from the point of view of the young Scout.