Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch, known as Scout, returns from New York City to Maycomb, Alabama to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set two decades after To Kill a Mockingbird, the visit takes place amid the civil rights tensions and political turmoil reshaping the South, and Jean Louise’s homecoming becomes bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family, the town, and the people dearest to her. Memories from her childhood flood back as Jean Louise confronts challenges to her values and assumptions. The novel features many of the iconic characters from To Kill a Mockingbird and captures a young woman and a community in painful transition.