Did you know that Margaret Mitchell wrote another book in addition to GWTW?  It was handwritten in two notebooks and given to a suitor for safekeeping where it was hidden for over half a century.  The suitor's son found it and brought it to the Tara Museum where a historian compiled it into this novel using photos and letters to write an introduction telling the story of Margaret's relationship with her suitor.........Check the book out on my bookshelf.......Here is a description of the novel from the book:

Until recently, the odd thought Margaret Mitchell had only one story to tell: Gone With the Wind. Now meet a heroine to match Scarlett: Courtenay Ross, a feisty, independent-minded woman, and the two men -- one a cool-headed, well-heeled gentleman, the other a hot-blooded, pugnacious sailor -- who adore her. A tale of yearning, valor, and devotion, Lost Laysen enthralls from its delightful beginning to its unforgettable end.

Equally intriguing is the story behind the story -- the real-life romance that inspired Mitchell: how she gave the original manuscript as a gift to her beau. Henry Love Angel, and how the manuscript, along with Mitchell's intimate letters and treasured photographs, were lovingly safeguarded only to be discovered decades later in a shoebox!

Lost Laysen is pure magic, a gift for us to cherish from America's most beloved storyteller.

Want to try another Margaret Mitchell book?

Lost Laysen has been requested by a member so it will be leaving my bookshelf and traveling to the home of another PBS member...........

This is off topic so forgive me but I happen to have Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley.  Do you know if that is any good?  I never heard of Lost Laysen.  Thanks for the information.

I didn't care for Scarlett at all.         To be honest I can't remember why after all these years but do remember not caring for it.   That is of NO help at all, is it?? lol      sorry

I on the other hand loved Scarlett. Yes, it seemed a little unrealistic, but it was happier than Gone with the Wind.

I tried reading the follow-up to GWTW and couldn't get through it. But I loved GWTW.  

I enjoyed Scarlett but you could tell that it was a different author, so there were definite differences. But I think she did a good job considering that Gone With The Wind was so excellently done.

I think she was brave to attempt the task.  I'll give it a try down the road but it is not on the top of my TBR pile.  Thanks everyone.

 I have a copy of Lost Laysen on my bookshelf. I've never read it, but I'm not sure why!   I did read Scarlett, but while I admired her for attempting such a feat, I didn't really like it all that much.