Originally written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman was the novel Harper Lee first submitted to her publishers before To Kill a Mockingbird. Assumed to have been lost, the manuscript was discovered in late 2014. Go Set a Watchman feature s many of the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird some twenty years later. Ret urning home to Maycomb to visit her father, Jean Louise FinchScoutstruggles with issues both personal and political, involving Atticus, society, and the small A labama town that shaped her. Exploring how the characters from To Kill a Mocking bird are adjusting to the turbulent events transforming mid-1950s America, Go Se t a Watchman casts a fascinating new light on Harper Lees enduring classic. Movi ng, funny and compelling, it stands as a magnificent novel in its own right.