Set 20 years after the incomparable To Kill a Mockingbird, Jean Louise Finch visits her father, Atticus. Jean Louise lives in New York City but is still dating Henry Clinton when she comes to town. Times are changing and the NAACP is actively pushing civil rights. The one thing that Jean Louise thinks she KNOWS for sure is her father's commitment to fairness and equality. This trip is eye opening for Jean Louise because she feels the shift in her small little Southern town of Macomb. Attitudes are changing and things she thought were sure things in her life are less certain. Jean Louise goes through as many changes on this one trip as have happened in the 20 years since we last saw her as Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird.
There has been a lot of talk about this book and the author. Is this a legitimate publication, is Lee being taken advantage of, Is Atticus a closet racist instead of the admirable man dedicated to equal justice? I'm not sure reading this will give you all the answers. I see it more as the evolution of the relationship between father and daughter, the discovery that everything you thought was black and white when you were a kid may have a lot more gray involved.
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