04289cam a2200493 i 4500 761274470 TxAuBib 20230213120000.0 r 140624s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780698163836 electronic bk. 0698163834 electronic bk. B00G3L14KA Amazon 407f6f31-ad90-4e2f-a680-8d488bd3574a OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1438753 OverDrive (Product ID) (OCoLC)881681731 TEFOD eng rda pn TEFOD RECBK MMI EYP TXN TxAuBib rda Mills, Marja. Mockingbird Next Door. The Mockingbird Next Door [Libby] : Life with Harper Lee / Marja Mills. New York : The Penguin Press, 2014. 1 online resource. txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 4279kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Describes the story of a journalist who befriended the notoriously quiet and private author of To Kill a Mockingbird, eventually moving in next door to the writer and her sister and becoming part of their life in Alabama. "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"-- Provided by publisher. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-04-13 10:07:10. Imported from MARC file. Lee, Harper. Mills, Marja. Authors, American 20th century Biography. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary. Literary. Alabama Biography. Electronic books. http://hadc.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=407F6F31-AD90-4E2F-A680-8D488BD3574A https://samples.overdrive.com/mockingbird-next-door?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/mockingbird-next-door?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/mockingbird-next-door?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) RV8