- Hardcover: 400 pages
- Publisher: Doubleday; Limited edition (April 24 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1876590440
- ISBN-13: 978-1876590444
- ASIN: 0385501218
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16.3 x 3.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 658 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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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 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.
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 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.
About the Author
John Grisham is the author of The Brethren, The Testament, The Street Lawyer, The Partner, The Runaway Jury, The Rainmaker, The Chamber, The Client, The Pelican Brief, The Firm, and A Time to Kill.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
One of my favorite southern lit novels,
By gail (dixie) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Painted House (Limited Edition) (Hardcover)
John Grisham does an excellent job of decribing the harshness of life on a cotten farm in the rural south of the past, and weaves an intriguing story from that backdrop. Being from the south and having parents who grew up on a cotten farm in Alabama, I can assure you the story is authentic, but that's not the good part. The good part is the downright pleasure of watching the tension build among the powerful charachters in this novel and the thrill of turning the page to find out what happens next.Told in the voice of a little kid in Arkansas who dreams of playing baseball for the Cardinals when he grows up, he witnesses much more adult stuff than he should, and tries to make sense of it all. The characters in this novel are so real, I could spot them in a police mug shot book. Hank Spruel, the hateful redneck throwback, Cowboy, the sneaky Mexican with a switchblade knife who likes his revenge served cold make for a pair of enemies to remember.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Watching paint dry,
By Melanie (Harrodsburg, Kentucky United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Painted House (Limited Edition) (Hardcover)
I have read all the John Grisham books available. I love them. I recommended them to all my friends until I read this one. This book is about as exciting as watching paint dry. I kept reading and reading waiting for the plot to pick up. It never did. In my opinion John Grisham needs to stick to the courtroom and lawyer storylines.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Grisham is back,
This review is from: A Painted House (Limited Edition) (Hardcover)
Thank you John Grisham for giving us a glimpse of life in rural Arkansas in the early 1950's. Grisham paints such a vivid and realistic picture of the day to day life of these people that at times I had to remember I was reading a novel and not watching a movie. I hope John Grisham finds the time sometime in the future to let us know what happens to these great characters.
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