The incredibly famous author of To Kill a Mockingbird has just released her second book - though it is rather controversial whether or not she actually released it. At 88 years old, publicly-shy Harper Lee doesn't seem to have a set opinion on her forthcoming novel, Go Set a Watchman. There was a point in my life (when I was about 14) that I would be ecstatic to see anything I wrote published; now, if any of my early pieces (and some current ones) hit the newsstands, I would probably die of embarrassment.
In my opinion, Lee seems like she just wants to be left alone. Why her publishers didn't wait until she dies (and a few more years after, until it's "okay") to release this novel is beyond me. If someone's going to take some shitty thing I wrote back in junior high and make money off it, please, at least wait until I'm not around to see it crash and burn.
In my opinion, Lee seems like she just wants to be left alone. Why her publishers didn't wait until she dies (and a few more years after, until it's "okay") to release this novel is beyond me. If someone's going to take some shitty thing I wrote back in junior high and make money off it, please, at least wait until I'm not around to see it crash and burn.