A Painted House (John Grisham)
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| Rating | : | 4.26 (867 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0553712527 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 599 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-22 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Whether Grisham will continue along these lines, or revert to the judicial shark tank for his next book, is anybody's guess. --James Marcus. This leads to a brutal murder, which young Luke has the bad luck to witness. Straight into the fiery pit, where Satan was waiting with the likes of Hitler and Judas Iscariot and General Grant. No detours. At this point--with secrets, lies, and at least one knife fight in the offing--the plot begins to take on that familiar, Grisham-style momentum. It's harvest time on the Chandler farm,
5 hrs.performance by David LansburyThe hill people and the Mexicans arrived on the same day. It was a Wednesday, early in September 1952. The narrator is a farm boy named Luke Chandler, age seven, who lives in the cotton fields with his parents and grandparents in a little house that's never been painted. It could be a "good crop."Thus begins the new novel from John Grisham, a story inspired by his own childhood in rural Arkansas. The cotton, however, was waist-high to my father, over my head, and he and my grandfather could be heard before supper whispering words that were seldom heard. Five CDs, approx. As the weeks pass Luke sees and hears things no seven-year-old could possibly be prepared for, and finds himself keeping secrets that not only threaten the crop but will change the lives of the Chandlers forever.A PAINTED HOUSE is a moving story of one boy's journey from innocence to experience.. The Cardinals were five games behind the Dodgers with three weeks to go, and the season looked hopeless. The Chandlers farm ei
"Grisham's best." according to Utah Susie. I've always thought of John Grisham as a fine storyteller, but not as fine a writer as Scott Turow. Well, this is a fine, well-written slice of life novel. The setting and era are evocative and educational, and the characters, as seen through the eyes of a particularly observant and wise 7-year old, are totally eng. Teriffic book for anyone interested in the life on an Arkansas cotton farm in the 1950's through the 1960's very realistic This book was recommended to my by my therapist because it is written about life on a northeast Arkansas cotton farm in the 1950's I grew up near the area featured in the book. although my experiences living on a cotton farm in northeast Arkansas were in the mid to late 1960's but I could easily relate to the chara. but is a reminder of the good and bad lost when rural Americans looked toward the This is a moving and most enjoyable book. In Grisham style, it’s not sentimental, but is a reminder of the good and bad lost when rural Americans looked toward the promise of paychecks earned in large cities. “A Painted House” is set during an era of American family farms, and communities serving