{"product_id":"the-land-of-sweet-forever","title":"The Land of Sweet Forever (UK edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003eHarper Lee remains a landmark figure in the American canon – thanks to Scout, Jem, Atticus, and the other indelible characters in her Pulitzer-winning debut, \u003cem\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird\u003c\/em\u003e; as well as for the darker, late-’50s version of small-town Alabama that emerged in \u003cem\u003eGo Set a Watchman\u003c\/em\u003e, her only other novel, published in 2015 after its rediscovery. Less remembered, until now, however, is Harper Lee the dogged young writer, who crafted stories in hopes of magazine publication; Lee the lively New Yorker, Alabamian, and friend to Truman Capote; and the Lee who peppered the pages of \u003cem\u003eMcCall’s\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eVogue \u003c\/em\u003ewith thoughtful essays in the latter part of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Land of Sweet Forever\u003c\/em\u003e combines Lee’s early short fiction and later 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, \u003cem\u003eThe Land of Sweet Forever\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHarper Lee (1926–2016) is the author of the acclaimed \u003cem\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird\u003c\/em\u003e, originally published in 1960, and \u003cem\u003eGo Set a Watchman\u003c\/em\u003e, published in July 2015. Ms. Lee received the Pulitzer Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and numerous other literary awards and honors.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hutchinson Heinemann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46607756656797,"sku":"9781529155419","price":159.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/7575\/1837\/files\/9781529155419.jpg?v=1758096070","url":"https:\/\/mphonline.com\/products\/the-land-of-sweet-forever","provider":"MPHOnline.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}