tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post580429499357610803..comments2024-03-28T20:46:22.875+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: Go Set a Watchman – blog tourClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-35860814192105958912015-08-18T10:46:04.771+01:002015-08-18T10:46:04.771+01:00Well that did make me laugh!Well that did make me laugh!Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-76868851417403447552015-08-17T14:49:50.714+01:002015-08-17T14:49:50.714+01:00CBACBAcol2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-84692063074107112402015-07-28T09:57:37.555+01:002015-07-28T09:57:37.555+01:00I did read the NY op-ed you mentioned Kathy - very...I did read the NY op-ed you mentioned Kathy - very interesting.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-61430011413568986072015-07-28T03:16:39.410+01:002015-07-28T03:16:39.410+01:00Yes! I take responsibility for my comments. But ...Yes! I take responsibility for my comments. But it's wild over here: blog posts, reviews in esteemed magazines, newspapers, online posts, hot and heavy discussions. I wonder if lawsuits will be filed. I wonder what school boards and teachers will do.<br /><br />Oh, well, back to the blogs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-12102084501939289802015-07-27T11:48:41.995+01:002015-07-27T11:48:41.995+01:00Thanks Kathy, I'm glad we've got your view...Thanks Kathy, I'm glad we've got your views lined up with your name....Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-5496380429782908922015-07-27T10:45:32.668+01:002015-07-27T10:45:32.668+01:00It's worth reading the op-ed by Joe Nocera and...It's worth reading the op-ed by Joe Nocera and the article in The New Yorker on this book, too. The stories about how the book was discovered and then published differ and call it into question altogether. That and what it is doing to Atticus Finch's character.<br /><br />Gregory Peck would have been quite upset about this, I'm sure. As are the parents who named their children after the character.<br /><br />But I wonder how teachers will discuss Mockingbird and then Watchman, when one of the first book's major points is the importance of having integrity and standing up for justice and against bigotry. It's shameful to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-35930800081022814902015-07-26T19:08:00.603+01:002015-07-26T19:08:00.603+01:00Thanks for your comments Kathy D - there's obv...Thanks for your comments Kathy D - there's obviously a huge question mark over the whole enterprise.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-46713955901255365372015-07-26T16:57:18.415+01:002015-07-26T16:57:18.415+01:00Above comment isn't by anonymous, but by Kathy...Above comment isn't by anonymous, but by Kathy D.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-75574461779436352332015-07-26T12:06:16.590+01:002015-07-26T12:06:16.590+01:00Many readers and reviewers in the U.S. have been v...Many readers and reviewers in the U.S. have been very upset about the publication of Watchman. Letters and op-eds and articles have flown around print and online media and blogs. The New Yorker writer questioned if the book should ever have been published and why it should not have.<br />Joe Nocera, writing in the July 25 New York Times, in an oped entitled, The Watchman Fraud, said that Harper Lee said in 1964that she deplored lack of craftsmanship in American writing, lack of love for language. Nocera says that a publisher that cared about Lee's legacy would hve taken those words to heart and declined to publish Watchman, the good idea that she transformed into a gem. That HarperCollins decided instead fo manufacture a phony literary event isn't surprising. It's just sad.<br /><br />There are many Mockingbird fans. Many children are named after Atticus Finch because he was such a principled and just man. To ruin this image will be very tough. Gregory Peck was a staunch anti-racist and was known for that in his movie role in Mockingbird.<br /><br />Many readers and Mockingbird lovers won't read Watchman. That includes me.<br />At a time when our country is just dealing with one racist act after another, the last thing we need is the reveral of a good person into a bigot. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-42818511714868562392015-07-26T11:37:21.221+01:002015-07-26T11:37:21.221+01:00Thanks, I'm glad you liked her outfit, it did ...Thanks, I'm glad you liked her outfit, it did seem to fit the description. Although I do think the book would receive no attention in its own right, it is only Mockingbird that makes it interesting - it still has provoked some fascinating discussion. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-41433295859728295182015-07-26T11:36:03.490+01:002015-07-26T11:36:03.490+01:00It is so interesting to hear your memories of that...It is so interesting to hear your memories of that time, Tracy, and I hope you might share more with us on your blog if you do read the book...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-4078706584206101062015-07-26T11:35:14.706+01:002015-07-26T11:35:14.706+01:00No need at all to apologize Margot! And I was deli...No need at all to apologize Margot! And I was delighted to be able to recommend your marvellous review. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-7867461429234010182015-07-26T07:00:31.433+01:002015-07-26T07:00:31.433+01:00Moira: I appreciated you brought another perspecti...Moira: I appreciated you brought another perspective to Go Set a Watchman. Jean Louise may be colour blind but she is also elitist.<br /><br />I loved the photo of the young woman. It fits exactly my image of what Jean Louise put on after the train left Atlanta. I wish the publisher had created a picture of such a young woman and put it on the cover rather than the rather plain unappealing cover with a train that was sold in Canada.<br /><br />While very stylish I expect Jean Louise knew her clothes would be provocative to far more than just Aunt Alexandra. <br /><br />I have no idea how stylish Harper Lee was in her personal life.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-37457201392423280262015-07-26T00:22:39.061+01:002015-07-26T00:22:39.061+01:00Having read the first three reviews in this blog t...Having read the first three reviews in this blog tour, I can now understand more why this book would have been rejected on a basis of subject matter if it truly was the same book in 1960 (when Mockingbird came out). It would have been a touchy subject at that time, I am sure. Even in the early 70s when I was living in a college town, that environment would have been the only one where such views would be welcomed in Alabama (only my opinion). When I was dating my first husband in the late 60s, we attended a service at a Unitarian church in Birmingham, AL, once because black people attended and that was a big deal. Unimaginable. <br /><br />Anyway, I enjoyed your evaluation also because it included the extract and I could get a feel for the writing. I can see that this one will cause me some of the same problems personally when I read it as Mockingbird did, and it will be interesting to make comparisons.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-23214320488306620942015-07-25T21:18:33.765+01:002015-07-25T21:18:33.765+01:00It just occurred to me *embarrassed blush* that I ...It just occurred to me *embarrassed blush* that I forgot to thank you for the kind mention, Moira. I am very grateful, even my manners were missing...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-54193132739744849612015-07-25T20:21:39.496+01:002015-07-25T20:21:39.496+01:00Prashant, nothing about Watchman can change the wa...Prashant, nothing about Watchman can change the way we all feel about Mockingbird I think. And you have your blogging friends to read the new book for you, so you don't have to till you're ready....Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-20323100821700373452015-07-25T20:20:44.641+01:002015-07-25T20:20:44.641+01:00That's a great summary of the bones of the boo...That's a great summary of the bones of the book Margot - and I found your own review (link above) really helpful in sorting out my ideas on the book. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-15794723229468938802015-07-25T19:43:23.532+01:002015-07-25T19:43:23.532+01:00Moira, whether I like this book or not, MOCKINGBIR...Moira, whether I like this book or not, MOCKINGBIRD will have the moral high ground and a permanent place among legendary books. However, I'm not in a hurry to read WATCHMAN.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-22054322528802155912015-07-25T13:07:33.189+01:002015-07-25T13:07:33.189+01:00Fantastic review, Moira - thoughtful and candid. A...Fantastic review, Moira - thoughtful and candid. And you're right: it's not <i>...Mockingbird</i>. Still, as you say, it presents a fine picture of life in a small Southern town at that time. Like you, I thought the scene with Calpurnia was brilliant. So is the discussion Jean Louise has with Henry Clinton about why he ffeels the need to 'go along to get along.' There are a few funny scenes, too. But it's not even and smooth the way <i>...Mockingbird</i> is. Still, it's a strong depiction of having to give up one's illusions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com