From the Publisher
"Marvelous . . . Miss Lee's original characters are people to cherish in this winning first novel."—The New York Times"
A novel of great sweetness, humor, compassion, and of mystery carefully sustained."—Harper's Magazine"
Remarkable triumph . . . Miss Lee writes with a wry compassion that makes her novel soar."—Life magazine"
Miss Lee wonderfully builds the tranquil atmosphere of her Southern town, and as adroitly causes it to erupt a shocking lava of emotions."—San Francisco Examiner"
Skilled, unpretentious and tototally ingenuous . . . tough, melodramatic, acute, funny."—The New Yorker
Harper's Magazine
"A novel of great sweetness, humor, compassion, and of mystery carefully sustained."
The New Yorker
"Skilled, unpretentious and tototally ingenuous . . . tough, melodramatic, acute, funny."
San Francisco Examiner
"Miss Lee wonderfully builds the tranquil atmosphere of her Southern town, and as adroitly causes it to erupt a shocking lava of emotions."
Life magazine
"Remarkable triumph . . . Miss Lee writes with a wry compassion that makes her novel soar."
The New York Times
"Marvelous . . . Miss Lee's original characters are people to cherish in this winning first novel."
Life Magazine
Remarkable triumph . . . Miss Lee writes with a wry compassion that makes her novel soar.
Library Journal
08/01/2014
This 50th-anniversary edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic is narrated by Sissy Spacek.
