A Painted House

In this departure from his usual legal thrillers, John Grisham draws on his own childhood to tell a nostalgic story set in rural Arkansas during the 1950s. The narrative follows seven-year-old Luke Chandler, who works alongside his family, hired Mexican laborers, and hill people to pick cotton on their rented eighty acres. As the seasons turn, the quiet rhythm of farm life is disrupted by racial tensions, a forbidden love affair, and a murder that forces Luke to confront adult complexities before he is ready.

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