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| Original Title: | A Painted House |
| ISBN: | 0385337930 (ISBN13: 9780385337939) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Luke |
| Setting: | Arkansas(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Publieksprijs voor het Nederlandse Boek Nominee (2001) |
John Grisham
Paperback | Pages: 384 pages Rating: 3.7 | 74555 Users | 3996 Reviews
List About Books A Painted House
| Title | : | A Painted House |
| Author | : | John Grisham |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 384 pages |
| Published | : | February 3rd 2004 by Bantam (first published March 2001) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Mystery |
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"The hill people and the Mexicans arrived on the same day. It was a Wednesday, early in September 1952. The Cardinals were five games behind the Dodgers with three weeks to go, and the season looked hopeless. 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. 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 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. The Chandlers farm eighty acres that they rent, not own, and when the cotton is ready they hire a truckload of Mexicans and a family from the Ozarks to help harvest it. For six weeks they pick cotton, battling the heat, the rain, the fatigue, and sometimes each other. As the weeks pass Luke sees and hears things no seven-year-old could possibly be prepared for, and he finds himself keeping secrets that not only threaten the crop but will change the lives of the Chandlers forever. ©2000, 2001 Belfry Holdings, Inc. (P)2001 Random House, Inc. Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, a Division of Random House, Inc.Rating About Books A Painted House
Ratings: 3.7 From 74555 Users | 3996 ReviewsPiece About Books A Painted House
I learned that John Grisham should write more books in this genre because this is his best work....forget all those clients, partners, pelicans. One night, with a bunch of old friends in an apartment above Times Square, we tuned in to tv before turning in and The Bill Moyers Report was being aired; his guest was John Grisham. From his first responses, it was obvious that he possessed "gravitas" beyond his public persona. Grisham grew up in Arkansas, the son of a cotton farmer, and went on toThis is, so far as I know, Grisham's second or third departure from his legal thrillers. I have read several of his previous works and I found this novel to be a refreshing change, for the writer. 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 workersand two very dangerous mencame through the Arkansas Delta to work the Chandler cotton farm. And suddenly mysteries are flooding Lukes
I learned that John Grisham should write more books in this genre because this is his best work....forget all those clients, partners, pelicans. One night, with a bunch of old friends in an apartment above Times Square, we tuned in to tv before turning in and The Bill Moyers Report was being aired; his guest was John Grisham. From his first responses, it was obvious that he possessed "gravitas" beyond his public persona. Grisham grew up in Arkansas, the son of a cotton farmer, and went on to
I am convinced the people here who rated this book poorly were just disappointed that this is not Grisham's usual, forgettable crime thriller. A Painted House is serious fiction, and I admit being surprised because I didn't think Grisham could write this well. A story told from seven year old Luke Chandler's point of view, about his life on a cotton farm in 1952 in Arkansas, and all of the big and small dramas that take place. The novel reminded me very much of John Steinbeck's writing, and in
"The hill people and the Mexicans arrived on the same day. It was a Wednesday, early in September 1952. The Cardinals were five games behind the Dodgers with three weeks to go, and the season looked hopeless. 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. It could be a `good crop.'"This was a really pleasant surprise. When asked about John Grisham, most of us immediately think of his
I like Grisham's legal thrillers on occasion, and I love SKIPPING CHRISTMAS. This is an altogether different beast. Straight up historical fiction, set on a struggling cotton farm in 1950's Arkansas, it's as much a picture of that time and place as it is a coming of age tale. I would recommend this to teens, I think it would be great for classroom discussion. It's a sort of post-Depression, Grapes of Wrath-lite.
Generally Grisham is known for his legal thrillers, but A Painted House is one of his works that slightly divulged from that path and took more of a dive into mystery territory. From the perspective of a young boy growing up in a quaint 1950's community, the book tells a tale of simple wishes and troublesome events, but what makes A Painted House really stand out is how well Grisham's book portrays the south in an authentic and endearing way. Contrary to the stereotype of trailer park rednecks,
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