She dares us to question the roots of our vexations with the world, just as her heroine is forced to. She dares us to be disappointed, even as she addresses why we must never be complacent about the moral of our human story. It is this very cynicism which Harper Lee chooses to tackle in this prescient follow-up to the story which made her famous, back when we too were innocents. What is it about sequels that simultaneously breaks our hearts and charges our souls? A comeback is always difficult to effect, especially because the audience has grown increasingly jaded, has grown with the tale to expect more or, most tragically, to already believe its expectations will not be met.
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