Order now to receive a collector's edition UK first print run only. The New York Times
bestseller from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author a posthumous collection of newly discovered
writing offering a fresh perspective on the remarkable literary mind behind To Kill a
Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman . Featuring an introduction by Casey Cep Harper Lee's
appointed biographer. 'Written with all of Lee's character and descriptive brilliance.' The
Times 'A new window into one of America's literary icons.' i Paper Harper Lee remains a
landmark figure in the American canon - thanks to Scout Jem Atticus and the other indelible
characters in her Pulitzer-winning debut To Kill a Mockingbird as well as for the darker
late-'50s version of small-town Alabama that emerged in Go Set a Watchman her only other
novel published in 2015 after its rediscovery. The Land of Sweet Forever combines Lee's
never-before-seen short stories and published nonfiction in a volume offering an unprecedented
look at the development of her inimitable voice. Covering territory from the Alabama
schoolyards of Lee's youth to the luncheonettes and movie houses of midcentury Manhattan The
Land of Sweet Forever invites still-vital conversations about politics equality travel love
fiction art the American South and what it means to lead an engaged and creative life.
This collection comes with an introduction by Casey Cep Harper Lee's appointed biographer
which provides illuminating background for our reading of these stories and connects them both
to Lee's life and to her two novels. Combining Lee's early short fiction and later
nonfiction The Land of Sweet Forever offers an unprecedented look at the development of her
inimitable voice. Praise for The Land of Sweet Forever and Harper Lee: 'Thrilling ...
helps explain how the little girl from South Alabama Avenue turned herself into a bestselling
author.' Guardian 'Cast[s] a new light on the literary giant.' Sunday Times 'Unmistakably
Lee' The Telegraph
