John Grisham***A PAINTED HOUSE*** (Hardcover)

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The tale of a journey from innocence to experience. Autumn 1952, and seven-year-old Luke helps his family pick cotton on the Arkansas farm that they rent. Times are hard, tension is high, and he finds himself keeping secrets that threaten the crop and will change the life of his family forever.

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For once, there is not a lawyer or courtroom in sight in this engaging novel by John Grisham.

The story opens in September 1952, in rural Arkansas. The cotton is ready for picking and seven-year-old Luke Chandler, the narrator, is preparing to help his family with the chore of harvest. From this simple setting there develops a strong narrative in which we see Luke growing up rapidly while recording many crises.

His family and their hired band of Mexicans and hill people must struggle not only against the elements but also against the past. The writing is wonderfully evocative, silky smooth and with just the odd colloquialism to remind us that this tale is told by a small boy.

There is a deep sense of warmth, of family life, of kinship and mutual respect for those of the clan. Outsiders, meanwhile, must prove their worth. Not all is bucolic and wholesome, however.

Through Grisham's polished prose we see God-fearing, hard-working people living on the verge of poverty with all the attendant worries this involves. It is a thoroughly American story, set in the early 1950s but redolent of lingering Depression.

The pace is deceptively easy, disguising a poignancy that gives the tale a tougher edge as young Luke discovers the farm's many secrets. The one flaw is Grisham's portrayal of Luke, some of whose observations and choices of words would be more appropriate to a 30-year-old than to a child. However, this is an absorbing story that will win Grisham many new fans. (Kirkus UK)

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