The Land of Sweet Forever, by Harper Lee - *Pre-Order 21st October 2025*

Harper Lee remains a landmark figure in the American canon – thanks to Scout,
Jem, Atticus, and the other indelible characters in her Pulitzer-winning debut, To
Kill a Mockingbird; as well as for the darker, late-’50s version of small-town
Alabama that emerged in Go Set a Watchman, her only other novel, published
in 2015 after its rediscovery. Less remembered, until now, however, is Harper
Lee the dogged young writer, who crafted stories in hopes of magazine
publication; Lee the lively New Yorker, Alabamian, and friend to Truman Capote;
and the Lee who peppered the pages of McCall’s and Vogue with thoughtful
essays in the latter part of the twentieth century.

The Land of Sweet Forever combines Lee’s early short fiction and later
nonfiction in a volume offering an unprecedented look at the development of her
inimitable voice. Covering territory from the Alabama schoolyards of Lee’s youth
to the luncheonettes and movie houses of midcentury Manhattan, The Land of
Sweet Forever invites still-vital conversations about politics, equality, travel, love,
fiction, art, the American South, and what it means to lead an engaged and
creative life.

This collection comes with an introduction by Casey Cep, Harper Lee’s
appointed biographer, which provides illuminating background for our reading of
these stories and connects them both to Lee’s life and to her two novels.