A Painted House
by:
John Grisham (author)
Until that September of 1952, Luke Chandler had never kept a secret or told a single lie. But in the long, hot summer of his seventh year, two groups of migrant workers — and two very dangerous men — came through the Arkansas Delta to work the Chandler cotton farm. And suddenly mysteries are...
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Until that September of 1952, Luke Chandler had never kept a secret or told a single lie. But in the long, hot summer of his seventh year, two groups of migrant workers — and two very dangerous men — came through the Arkansas Delta to work the Chandler cotton farm. And suddenly mysteries are flooding Luke’s world.A brutal murder leaves the town seething in gossip and suspicion. A beautiful young woman ignites forbidden passions. A fatherless baby is born ... and someone has begun furtively painting the bare clapboards of the Chandler farmhouse, slowly, painstakingly, bathing the run-down structure in gleaming white. And as young Luke watches the world around him, he unravels secrets that could shatter lives — and change his family and his town forever....
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780440237228 (044023722X)
Publish date: December 26th 2001
Publisher: Dell
Pages no: 465
Edition language: English
This is about the ins and outs of life on a farm near a small town from the perspective of a 7 year old boy. I thought it was very interesting. It shows the struggles of just surviving, the good and bad in life. It almost seems like a nonfiction retelling. Although the boy is only 7, it also see...
Painted House by John GrishamStory about a house that's never been painted. Lots of colorful characters, 1952 with lots of baseball talk.Mexicans and hill people come to aid in picking the crops. About the author's real childhood experiences in the cotton field.80 acres rented planted with cotton. N...
No Lawyers and no litigation, not a typical John Grisham book. The story has a distinct feel of a John Steinbeck episode to the extent that some of the characters and their experiences could be related to Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden. In the beginning I was not sure where the story was going, at...
An interesting read about a few months in the life of poor cotton farmers in Arkanasas. More slice of life rather than the usual thriller from Grisham.
This is quite different from the usual Grisham's legal thrillers. There are the crimes, of course, and the thrilling aspect side of things but the legal factor is missing. More prominently, the story is told from a 7 year old boy.I think Grisham has done well with this perspective. There were mom...