Marja Mills was a Chicago Tribune reporter and feature writer when she was assigned to interview Harper Lee and her sister Alice for Chicago's initial foray into a book club starting with To Kill a Mockingbird. The Lee sister are notoriously private, so she was surprised when Alice invited her into talk. She must have liked Mills because she introduced her to Nelle Harper Lee. After the story was published, Mills continued the friendship and eventually moved into the house next door. She buddied around with the sisters and their friends until her illness forced her to move back to family.
Harper Lee has released several statements denying that she cooperated with this book. She cited her sister's advanced age (over 100) to dismiss any signed statement contrary to her claim. The book doesn't really reveal anything that would upset most of us. There are a couple of cute stories, but it could almost be labeled a love letter to the Lee sisters instead of a true biography.
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