Harper Lee
163 citations

I didn't expect the book to sell in the first place. I was hoping for a quick and merciful death at the hands of reviewers but at the same time I sort of hoped that maybe someone would like it enough to give me encouragement. Public encouragement. I hoped for a little, as I said, but I got rather a whole lot, and in some ways this was just about as frightening as the quick, merciful death I'd expected. ✨ Harper Lee breaks silence - just - for Mockingbird anniversary by Alison Flood, www.theguardian.com. June 28, 2010.

299

DeathHopeReading

20