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  <default_description>Nelle Harper Lee&#8217;s &lt;i&gt;To Kill a Mockingbird&lt;/i&gt; was published in 1960 and became an instant bestseller. Two years later it was an Academy Award&#8211; winning film. Today, it remains standard&#8212;and beloved&#8212;reading in English classes. But Lee never wanted &#8220;the book&#8221; to define who she was, which explains her aversion to any kind of publicity. Kerry Madden conducted extensive research for this Up Close biography, which reveals Lee to be a down-to-earth Southern woman who enjoys baseball games and playing golf&#8212;and whose one and only published book happened to win the Pulitzer Prize.</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[You have to leave any prejudices you might have about series nonfiction at the door when you pick up a volume in the Up Close series.  These are generally quite good, and this new biography of Harper Lee represents some of the best nonfiction writing I've read in a while. <br/><br/>Far superior to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51755815">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Biographies of Harper Lee are challenging since she grants no interviews, but Madden did extensive research, including three trips to the small Alabama town where Lee grew up. (Madden's whole research process, recently discussed on a children's lit. listserv, was fascinating.)<br/><br/>This biogra...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57937158">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the best biographies I've ever read. A surprisingly intimate portrait of an author who hasn't given an interview since 1964. Madden faced quite a challenge and wrote a biography that is full of interesting facts, quotes and stories.<br/><br/>&quot;To Kill a Mockingbird&quot; is one of my fa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57050856">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was a pleasure to read.  I have always been fascinated by Harper Lee and her friendship with Truman Capote.  It is amazing to me the two friends could produce such different books as To Kill a Mockingbird and In Cold Blood. (I couldn't sleep well for weeks after reading In Cold Blood.  Sin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64985527">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've always admired Nelle Harper Lee simply because of her masterpiece, To Kill a Mockingbird. But now I have a bunch of more reasons to call this woman truly exceptional. She grew up in a family that prized education (her 98 year old sister still practices law), and went to college at a time when m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57314583">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I feel a little guilty reading about an author who didn't particularly want her biography written during her lifetime.  It seems she is an interesting character!  Her book is one of my favorites-I wish she had kept writing!!]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A good introduction to Harper Lee's life for young adults. Not as in-depth as Charles Shields's Mockingbird, but interesting and informative nevertheless.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Author provides a valuable bibliography. Will a book appear after Harper Lee's death?]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I couldn't put this book down. Before reading it, I thought I knew a lot about Harper Lee. But the way Madden tells the story- that's what it seems like- a story! Fun to read, interesting, informative, well-researched.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Terrific. The author's passion for her subject and meticulous research come through loud and clear.]]></body>
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