A Painted House
by John Grisham
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Using his own childhood for inspiration (and leaving the lawyers behind), bestselling author John Grisham sets A Painted House in 1950s rural Arkansas. During harvest time, together with hired Mexicans and hill people, seven-year-old Luke Chandler picks cotton on his family's rented 80 acres. But racial tension, a forbidden love affair, and murder cause Luke to grow up before he's ready.
BoysCotton farmersMigrant laborNineteen fiftiesFarm lifeFictionLarge type booksRural familiesArkansas, fictionFiction, historicalNew York Times reviewedAmerican fiction