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Originally Posted by Catlady

Do we know on precisely what grounds Go Set a Watchman was initially rejected?

But Ms. Lee abandoned the manuscript after her editor, who was captivated by the flashbacks to Scout’s childhood, told her to write a new book from the young heroine’s perspective and to set it during her childhood.

“I was a first-time writer, so I did as I was told,” Ms. Lee said in a statement released by her publisher.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/04/bo...ovel.html?_r=2