kerry reviewed A Painted House by John Grisham
Using his own childhood for inspiration (and leaving the lawyers behind), bestselling author John Grisham …
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3 stars
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.