Earlier today, the first chapter of Harper Lee's "Go Set A Watchman" was released. "Go Set A Watchman" is a sequal to Lee's Pulitzer Prize winning debut novel, "To Kill A Mockingbird," which was released in 1960. Even though "Watchman" acts as a sequel, Lee wrote the novel before she ever wrote "Mockingbird."
The start of "Go Set a Watchman" picks up the story of the now grown-up Jean Louise "Scout" Finch, the young girl who narrates her adventures in the rural south in "To Kill a Mockingbird," according to CNN. It is her fifth annual trip home to Alabama from New York City to see her aging father, the hero of "Mockingbird," Atticus Finch, who is now 72 and suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. There is a shocking revelation that comes about a quarter of the way into the chapter that involves her brother Jem, which will break your heart, according to the Wall Street Journal, which published the first chapter.
The entire book will be available on July 14, when "Go Set a Watchman" goes on sale with a planned first hardcover printing of 2 million copies.
