Go Set A Watchman

I read Harper Lee's second novel, Go Set A Watchman. She published this at a very old age and it was actually her first book. In the story Jean Louise, formerly known as Scout in To Kill A Mockingbird, thinks back to her childhood. The editor of Lee's first book told her to expand on those childhood memories. Those memories became To Kill A Mockingbird. This book was kept in a box on the shelf. In this story the year is 1950 and Scout is 26 years old and living in New York. She comes home to Maycomb, Alabama to visit her family on vacation. While there she observes her father, Atticus, in a meeting. She is outraged by the racism she sees in this meeting. Scout has always been impulsive and somewhat of a black and white thinker. I enjoyed the book but thought it could be better. I am grateful to the editor who suggested Harper Lee write about young Scout because To Kill A Mockingbird is a better book than this one.