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Family, service dominate former Gov. Roy Barnes' home
Text: Rachel Pomerance; photo: Elissa Eubanks
Marie displays her husband's precious book, a copy of "To Kill a Mockingbird" signed by Harper Lee. Barnes loves this book "because of Atticus Finch," he says, whom he calls "the ideal lawyer" who sets the standard for others to follow. Plus, he says, Atticus has a daughter who narrates the story, and Barnes practices law with his daughter Allison. The novel is "so much about the South and heroic lawyers," he says. Clearly, he sees his own hopes and history in its pages.