A Painted House

John Grisham is the author of forty works of fiction and one of non-fiction. His works are translated into forty-two languages. He lives in Virginia. <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> <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>