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A seven-year-old watches a summer cotton harvest in rural Arkansas
2001Steady paceWarm
What it is about
Luke Chandler is a boy in rural Arkansas in 1952. His family hires migrant workers to help with the cotton harvest. Over the course of one summer, he sees something that he is not supposed to see.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who want a change from legal thrillers.
What you will get
Said to be partly based on Grisham’s own childhood.
A Painted House Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Literary Fiction · Coming of age · Farm life · 1950s
Length
388 pages · ≈ 11 h
More about this book
Characters
Luke Chandler and his family.
Setting
A cotton farm in Arkansas in 1952.
What makes it different
A gentle Grisham novel with no lawyers.
Feel
Warm, nostalgic and slow.
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