Scout, Atticus, and Boo - Large Print by Mary McDonagh Murphy (Paperback)

About the Book

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Harper Lee s beloved classic To Kill a Mockingbird, filmmaker Mary Murphy has interviewed prominent figures including Oprah, Anna Quindlen, and Tom Brokaw on how the book has impacted their lives. These interviews are compiled in Scout, Atticus, and Boo, the perfect companion to one of the most important American books of the 20th Century. Scout, Atticus, and Boo will also feature a foreword from acclaimed writer Wally Lamb."

Book Synopsis

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Harper Lee's beloved classic To Kill a Mockingbird, filmmaker Mary Murphy has interviewed prominent figures--including Oprah, Anna Quindlen, and Tom Brokaw--on how the book has impacted their lives. These interviews are compiled in Scout, Atticus, and Boo, the perfect companion to one of the most important American books of the 20th Century. Scout, Atticus, and Boo will also feature a foreword from acclaimed writer Wally Lamb.

From the Back Cover

To Kill a Mockingbird may well be our national novel. -Published in 1960, it continues to sell nearly a million copies a year, more than any other twentieth-century classic.

To mark its fiftieth anniversary, Mary McDonagh Murphy has written a lively appreciation that examines how the novel has left its mark on a broad range of novelists, historians, journalists, and artists. In compelling interviews, Anna Quindlen, Tom Brokaw, Oprah Winfrey, James Patterson, James McBride, and others reflect on when they first read the novel, what it meant to them, and how it has affected their lives and careers.

Review Quotes

"You come away from Murphy's book with a renewed amazement at what Lee was able to achieve with a single perfect novel." -- Entertainment Weekly

"And that's really what reading this book is like: attending a big book club meeting with 26 lovers of To Kill a Mockingbird." -- Los Angeles Times