384 pages
English language
Published Feb. 3, 2004 by Delta.
Using his own childhood for inspiration (and leaving the lawyers behind), bestselling author John Grisham sets A Painted House in 1950s rural Arkansas. During harvest time, together with hired Mexicans and hill people, seven-year-old Luke Chandler picks cotton on his family's rented 80 acres. But racial tension, a forbidden love affair, and murder cause Luke to grow up before he's ready.
An affectionate portrait of rural Arkansas in the early 1950's:
the joys of baseball (both pro and community)…cousin Jimmy Dale's Yankee wife and the sh!tsnake…the drudgery and necessity of farmwork…the black cloud of an illegitimate birth…class distinctions defined by where you live, what you own and where you worship.
An affectionate portrait of rural Arkansas in the early 1950's:
the joys of baseball (both pro and community)…cousin Jimmy Dale's Yankee wife and the sh!tsnake…the drudgery and necessity of farmwork…the black cloud of an illegitimate birth…class distinctions defined by where you live, what you own and where you worship.
