I’ve only told this story to my closest friends. I haven’t even confided in my sister (for fear of the obvious shame). Please buckle in because this tale needs to be told in length.

So very sad. May she rest in peace. I’m sorry her legacy was tainted by the release and packaging of what was an early draft of Mockingbird as a new novel, which I am sure she did not want. To Kill a Mockingbird is her achievement.

RIP. One of my favorite quotes from To Kill A Mockingbird: “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you…