The Resource The mockingbird next door : life with Harper Lee, Marja Mills
The mockingbird next door : life with Harper Lee, Marja Mills
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- Creator
- C4S7vaNpZFQ
- Summary
- "One journalist's memoir of her personal friendship with Harper Lee and her sister, drawing on the extraordinary access they gave her to share the story of their lives. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is one of the best loved novels of the twentieth century. But for the last fifty years, the novel's celebrated author, Harper Lee, has said almost nothing on the record. Journalists have trekked to her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, where Harper Lee, known by her friends as Nelle, has lived with her sister, Alice, for decades, trying and failing to get an interview with the author. But in 2001, the Lee sisters opened their door for Chicago Tribune reporter Marja Mills. It was the beginning of a long conversation-and a friendship that has continued ever since. In 2004, with the Lees' encouragement, Mills moved into the house next door to the sisters. She spent the next eighteen months there, talking and sharing stories over meals and daily drives in the countryside. Along with members of the Lees' tight inner circle, the sisters and Mills would go fishing, feed the ducks, go to the Laundromat, watch the Crimson Tide, drink coffee at McDonald's, and explore all over lower Alabama. Nelle shared her love of history, literature, and the quirky Southern way of life with Mills, as well as her keen sense of how journalism should be practiced. As the sisters decided to let Mills tell their story, Nelle helped make sure she was getting the story-and the South-right. Alice, the keeper of the Lee family history, shared the stories of their family. The Mockingbird Next Door is the story of Mills's friendship with the Lee sisters. It is a testament to the great intelligence, sharp wit, and tremendous storytelling power of these two women, especially that of Nelle. Mills was given a rare opportunity to know Nelle Harper Lee, to be part of the Lees' life in Alabama, and to hear them reflect on their upbringing, their corner of the Deep South, how To Kill a Mockingbird affected their lives, and why Nelle Harper Lee chose to never write another novel"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 278 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates
- Isbn
- 9781594205194
- Label
- The mockingbird next door : life with Harper Lee
- Title
- The mockingbird next door
- Title remainder
- life with Harper Lee
- Statement of responsibility
- Marja Mills
- Creator
- C4S7vaNpZFQ
- Subject
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- trueLee, Harper
- trueLife stories -- Arts and culture | Writing | Authors
- trueArts and Entertainment -- Writing and Publishing
- trueAlabama -- Biography
- trueFamily and Relationships -- Friendship
- trueSisters
- trueMills, Marja
- trueAuthors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- trueLife stories -- Relationships | Friendship
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
- trueAlabama
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueSmall towns
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "One journalist's memoir of her personal friendship with Harper Lee and her sister, drawing on the extraordinary access they gave her to share the story of their lives. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is one of the best loved novels of the twentieth century. But for the last fifty years, the novel's celebrated author, Harper Lee, has said almost nothing on the record. Journalists have trekked to her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, where Harper Lee, known by her friends as Nelle, has lived with her sister, Alice, for decades, trying and failing to get an interview with the author. But in 2001, the Lee sisters opened their door for Chicago Tribune reporter Marja Mills. It was the beginning of a long conversation-and a friendship that has continued ever since. In 2004, with the Lees' encouragement, Mills moved into the house next door to the sisters. She spent the next eighteen months there, talking and sharing stories over meals and daily drives in the countryside. Along with members of the Lees' tight inner circle, the sisters and Mills would go fishing, feed the ducks, go to the Laundromat, watch the Crimson Tide, drink coffee at McDonald's, and explore all over lower Alabama. Nelle shared her love of history, literature, and the quirky Southern way of life with Mills, as well as her keen sense of how journalism should be practiced. As the sisters decided to let Mills tell their story, Nelle helped make sure she was getting the story-and the South-right. Alice, the keeper of the Lee family history, shared the stories of their family. The Mockingbird Next Door is the story of Mills's friendship with the Lee sisters. It is a testament to the great intelligence, sharp wit, and tremendous storytelling power of these two women, especially that of Nelle. Mills was given a rare opportunity to know Nelle Harper Lee, to be part of the Lees' life in Alabama, and to hear them reflect on their upbringing, their corner of the Deep South, how To Kill a Mockingbird affected their lives, and why Nelle Harper Lee chose to never write another novel"--
- Summary
-
- A journalist who befriended the notoriously quiet and private author of "To Kill a Mockingbird" describes her personal friendship with Harper Lee and her sister and how she eventually moved in next door to the two women and become part of their life in Alabama
- Describes the story of a journalist who befriended the notoriously quiet and private author of <i>To Kill a Mockingbird</i>, eventually moving in next door to the writer and her sister and becoming part of their life in Alabama.
- Award
- LibraryReads Favorites, 2014
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- individual biography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10317270
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mills, Marja
- Dewey number
-
- 813/.54
- B
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3562.E353
- LC item number
- Z765 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Lee, Harper
- Mills, Marja
- Authors, American
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
- Alabama
- Summary expansion
- ATLAS
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- life with Harper Lee
- Label
- The mockingbird next door : life with Harper Lee, Marja Mills
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20890496
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 278 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates
- Isbn
- 9781594205194
- Isbn Type
- : HRD
- Lccn
- 2013039938
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (1234)177061
- (DLC)BK0013949336
- Label
- The mockingbird next door : life with Harper Lee, Marja Mills
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20890496
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 278 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates
- Isbn
- 9781594205194
- Isbn Type
- : HRD
- Lccn
- 2013039938
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (1234)177061
- (DLC)BK0013949336
Subject
- trueAlabama
- trueAlabama -- Biography
- trueArts and Entertainment -- Writing and Publishing
- trueAuthors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
- trueFamily and Relationships -- Friendship
- trueLee, Harper
- trueLife stories -- Arts and culture | Writing | Authors
- trueLife stories -- Relationships | Friendship
- trueMills, Marja
- trueSisters
- trueSmall towns
Genre
- trueArts and Entertainment
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueBiography
- trueFamily and Relationships
- trueLife stories
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