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Confusion Over Harper Lee Book Continues

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First Posted: 04/29/11 04:29 PM ET Updated: 06/29/11 06:12 AM ET

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nytimes.com:

The author of a forthcoming book about the ever-private Harper Lee, author of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” insisted on Friday that she had the cooperation of Ms. Lee, two days after Ms. Lee released a statement through her lawyer denying that she had cooperated.

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AKL1985
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02:58 AM on 05/01/2011
Leave her alone !
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Skyhawk
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12:49 AM on 05/01/2011
Damn can't the woman be left alone? She has a right to privacy. Something we've seemed to have fogotten or ignored in the age of social media and (faux) reality TV.
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Peace Walker
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06:11 PM on 04/30/2011
Leave Harper Lee the F#@% alone!
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Rik Little
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03:00 PM on 04/30/2011
The one question I would love to ask Harper Lee is, what is the definition of "Rape" and if that definition is what Tom Robinson was meant to be accused of.
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AnnoyedCanuck
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03:15 PM on 04/30/2011
If you understand "To Kill A Mockingbird", the definition of rape depended on the race of the alleged rapist.
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Jake Thomas
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01:52 AM on 04/30/2011
Ms.Mills sounds opportunist to me. If she has Miss Lee's approval she should produce documents stating so. I am skeptical about her claims.
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GraceNotes
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05:35 PM on 04/29/2011
If Ms. Mills lived next door for over a year, perhaps no one knew at the time that she was researching a book.
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