Library to Host Discussion of “Go Set a Watchman”

Tompkins County Public Library will host a discussion of Harper Lee’s controversial novel, “Go Set a Watchman,” during the fall session of its popular “4 Seasons Book Club,” Thursday, October 1 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the BorgWarner Community Room-West.

Originally written in the mid-1950s, “Go Set a Watchman” is said the have been the novel Harper Lee submitted to her publishers before the classic, “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Assumed to have been lost, the manuscript was discovered in 2014. “Go Set a Watchman” revisits many of the characters from “To Kill a Mockingbird,” 20 years into the future. Returning home to Maycomb to visit her father, Jean Louise “Scout” Finch struggles with issues both personal and political, involving Atticus, society, and the small Alabama town where she was raised.

Participation in the “4 Seasons Book Club” is available online and in-person. Online discussions are ongoing and by invitation only.  The online “4 Seasons Book Club” is available through Goodreads.com, a "free website for book lovers.”  To register, visit http://www.goodreads.com.

For more information or to register, contact Adult Services Librarian Teresa Vadakin at (607) 272-4557 extension 272 or tvadakin@tcpl.org.