A Painted House Av John Grisham

<p>In rural Arkansas, seven-year-old farm boy Luke Chandler lives in the cotton fields with his parents and grandparents.<br><br>When the cotton is ready to be harvested, the Chandlers hire a group of Mexicans and a family from the Ozarks to help harvest it.<br><br>For six weeks the group pick cotton, battling the heat, rain, fatigue, and sometimes each other. During this time, Luke sees and hears things no seven-year-old should witness.<br><br>Can he keep the secrets that could threaten his family''s business and change their lives forever?<br><br><b><i>A Painted House</i></b><b> is a moving story of one boy''s journey from innocence to experience, drawn from the personal experience of legendary legal thriller author John Grisham.</b><br><br><b>_______________________________________</b><br><b>''A master at the art of deft characterisation and the skilful delivery of hair-raising crescendos'' </b>- <i>Irish Independent</i><br><br><b>''John Grisham is the master of legal fiction'' </b>- Jodi Picoult<br><br><b>''The best thriller writer alive'' </b>- Ken Follett<br><br><b>''</b><b>John Grisham has perfected the art of cooking up convincing, fast-paced thrillers'' </b>- <i>Telegraph</i> <br><br><b>''Grisham is a superb, instinctive storyteller'' </b>-<i> The Times</i><br><br><b>''Grisham''s storytelling genius reminds us that when it comes to legal drama, the master is in a league of his own.''</b> - <i>Daily Record</i><br><br><b>''Masterful - when Grisham gets in the courtroom he lets rip, drawing scenes so real they''re not just alive, they''re pulsating'' </b>- <i>Mirror</i><br><br><b>''A giant of the thriller genre'' </b>- <i>TimeOut</i></p>