An historic literary event‎:‎ the publication of a newly discovered novel‎,‎ the earliest known work from Harper Lee‎,‎ the beloved‎,‎ bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize‎-winning classic‎,‎ To Kill a Mockingbird‎.‎ Originally written in the mid‎-1950s‎,‎ Go Set a Watchman was the novel Harper Lee first submitted to her publishers before To Kill a Mockingbird‎.‎ Assumed to have been lost‎,‎ the manuscript was discovered in late 2014‎.‎ Go Set a Watchman features many of the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird some twenty years later‎.‎ Returning home to Maycomb to visit her father‎,‎ Jean Louise Finch—Scout—struggles with issues both personal and political‎,‎ involving Atticus‎,‎ society‎,‎ and the small Alabama town that shaped her‎.‎ Exploring how the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird are adjusting to the turbulent events transforming mid‎-1950s America‎,‎ Go Set a Watchman casts a fascinating new light on Harper Lee’s enduring classic‎.‎ Moving‎,‎ funny and compelling‎,‎ it stands as a magnificent novel in its own right‎.‎