Lee wrote fondly but with the judgement of an adult about a white child growing up in the south in the 1930's. I constantly kept thinking about 19 and whether the same story would be told the same way by a modern version of Harper Lee. Here we have a very personal book written 54 years ago about a time 30 years in the past of the author. Listening to "To Kill a Mockingbird" in 2014, what strikes me are the three eras. They contain all that there is of love, courage, and strength.even a young boy's faith in mankind, "No, Sir." They get me every time. Quotes from this superb novel fill notebooks I keep, but it is always two words, repeated half a dozen time by Jem, when his father orders him to take Scout and flee the angry mob at the jail, that choke me up. The moral integrity and gentle strength of Atticus brings tears to my eyes (and has inspired the line *What would Atticus do?*) just thinking that we as human beings have the capability of such grace. The easy wisdom reminds us of the importance of having understanding and love for others, demonstrated without guile or pretense by the innocence of children. Though it is cliché to say it, this beautiful novel feeds your spirit. She is the perfect choice for a perfect novel. When contemplating whether to review this (what I think is THE perfect novel), I had to wonder "is there really anything that hasn't already been said?" In this case, *Sissy Spacek* no matter how many times you have read this novel, or even listened, Spacek, with her sweet drawl, IS Scout, speaking back through the years, recounting her story. To Kill A Mockingbird was published Jand has never gone out of print. But Lee left us with just this one brilliant book. I'd love a couple hours of Calpurnia talking about the day old Tim Johnson, Judge Taylor's dog, came shuffling down the road, rabid and threatening, sending the neighborhood into their homes, barring their windows. It is a treasure trove of stories and lessons. Dolphus Raymond learned about people that keeps him content to have townsfolk believe that's a bottle of whiskey, instead of a regular ol' Coca Cola, in that little brown sack how has Link Deas kept his humanity does every town spit out a Bob Ewell and what is Miss Maudie's pound cake recipe? - there's a not an insignificant character or event in this book. Henry Lafayette Dubose, what have you suffered to become so mean what has Mr. You experience this especially your second time through.Mrs. The back stories of the characters are immense, yet told with an economy of words that contain volumes. I'm Jean Louise Finch.I go to school with Walter he's your boy aint he?" As she shows so many times in her one and only novel, Harper Lee is a born story teller. I wonder if we miss those characters, or the healing balm of hearing a precocious little girl's voice cry out, "Hey, Mr. For many of us we visited Harper Lee's Maycomb to get our HS diploma, and it seems a natural progression to go back. How many books have you lived in walked the streets waving to old ladies on their front porches, smelled pound cakes cooling on window ledges, knew which houses to give a wide berth when passing by, and missed when you left? Like Twain's enduring fictional classic Huckleberry Finn, To Kill a Mockingbird is a story so well told, so perfect, that you stroll through it and dwell for a while, coming away from it different for having been there. Or maybe Mockingbird is such a gift that maybe it needs to stand alone. It's a shame that Harper Lee only had one book published. The writing is dense with meaning while flowing perfectly. The book and story of course are above being "reviewed." It's a beautifully crafted story where every word is so intentional. Yes, it's Harper Lee that creates that amazing imagery, but Spacek makes it an intimate experience that I felt honored to be a part of. I can see the dirt road, I can smell the dirty kid next to Scout in her class, I can feel the summer breeze on the back porch where they sleep. I can't even detect how she changes her voice and tone between Jim and Scout, but she does, just ever so slightly. Her performance is not just technically perfect, it's illuminating. She goes beyond even the great narrators like Patton, Hill, and Hurt. Sissy Spacek's narration of this story is genius.
I don't have the vocabulary to speak highly enough of how special this book is on Audible. The perfect book and the perfect narrator come together here to create an American treasure.
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