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BrotherIvan

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28. I also like reading them as I age

Wed Apr 30, 2014, 04:25 PM

Apr 2014

My perspective has changed and you see why a book is so great, it can "age" with you and still teach you something new. I have so many books on my list I still want to read, so sometimes I feel a bit guilty about slipping into something so well-worn and pleasurable; but I always find so much reward, the guilt vanishes. I, for one am glad she stopped after her "great auk's egg" as Ford Maddox Ford put it. It is a beauty, and would be impossible to top. I just hope that people are allowed and continue to read it.

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What a shame she never wrote another book. SheilaT Apr 2014 #1

"I have said what i wanted to say" JI7 Apr 2014 #3

I like this part, J17~ sheshe2 Apr 2014 #5

I'd rather she be a one-hit wonder (in a literary sense) alp227 Apr 2014 #4

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she wrote the book but Dill was based on Capote JI7 Apr 2014 #7

That was the rumor but it really doesn't make sense. pamela Apr 2014 #12

I think that Ms Lee was terrified of the public spotlight that she implored Capote not to use her; greiner3 Apr 2014 #26

I think you misunderstood. pamela Apr 2014 #43

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I doubt that there is really any such thing as "the great American novel" Glorfindel Apr 2014 #13

Amazing woman.. Mahalo, she! Cha Apr 2014 #2

I went to Monroeville, Alabama, her home town. trof Apr 2014 #8

Thanks for the info trof. sheshe2 Apr 2014 #10

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I have heard she is not doing well, so glad she is being cared for. sheshe2 Apr 2014 #16

Only image I found was in our weekly paper. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2014 #17

I grew up in Grove Hill, about 35 miles from Monroeville Frances Apr 2014 #27

I have cousins in Grove Hill and Gainestown. trof Apr 2014 #31

My mother and father are buried in Grove Hill, but Frances Apr 2014 #37

Hadn't heard of the Mitchum War. I'll look it up. trof May 2014 #45

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I once lived close to Monroeville dinger130 Apr 2014 #14

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Why did you think that? yardwork Apr 2014 #36

It was rumored for years Omaha Steve Apr 2014 #38

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I have read this book so many times BrotherIvan Apr 2014 #19

reading books again, especially the classics is one of the most enjoyable things i have found JI7 Apr 2014 #21

I also like reading them as I age BrotherIvan Apr 2014 #28

I have to wonder if such a book exboyfil Apr 2014 #20

you have to consider the times and other context, plus in this book he was not able to save him JI7 Apr 2014 #22

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She does! sheshe2 Apr 2014 #25

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My father died when I was ten. TNNurse Apr 2014 #34

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