Is a moving story of one boy's journey from innocence to experience. As the weeks pass Luke sees and hears things no seven-year-old could possibly be prepared for, and finds himself keeping secrets that not only threaten the crop but will change the lives of the Chandlers forever. The Chandlers farm eighty acres that they rent, not own, and when the cotton is ready they hire a truckload of Mexicans and a family from the Ozarks to help harvest it.įor six weeks they pick cotton, battling the heat, the rain, the fatigue, and, sometimes, each other. The narrator is a farm boy named Luke Chandler, age seven, who lives in the cotton fields with his parents and grandparents in a little house that's never been painted. Thus begins the new novel from John Grisham, a story inspired by his own childhood in rural Arkansas. The cotton, however, was waist-high to my father, over my head, and he and my grandfather could be heard before supper whispering words that were seldom heard. The Cardinals were five games behind the Dodgers with three weeks to go, and the season looked hopeless. It was a Wednesday, early in September 1952. There is a total waste of cotton.The hill people and the Mexicans arrived on the same day. Later, they figure out who was painting their house, Trot, the one-armed Hill person. He then witnesses Cowboy killing Hank with his switchblade and stealing his money. Spruill, the head hill person, tell Hank that he needs to hitchhike home because he was causing too many problems. He doesn't know what they're doing, but he thinks they're kissing. Then, one day he sees Tally and Cowboy, one of the Mexicans, Hiding in the rows of cotton. Luke Chandler, the seven year old main character, gets a crush on a hill girl named Tally. He then decided that he didn't need to pick cotton as much, because he didn't need the money. He ends up hurting Samson and earning himself $250.

A guy named Samson, the best wrestler all the way from Egypt, comes and says, 'If you can stay in the ring with me for 60 seconds, I will give you ten times your bet.' He throws a whole bunch of people out of the ring, until Hank comes. Hank then goes to a carnival and decides to take a bet. He kills one of the kids, but it was a three-on-one. He gets in a fight one Saturday behind a store.

you might want to register yourself with a screen name, so that you can keep up on this book, and maybe release others also It’s all confidential (you’re known only by your screen name and no one is ever given your e-mail. The Mexicans and the Hill People come to pick for money. A Painted House by John Grisham Mystery & Thrillers ISBN: 0756909309 Global Overview for this book. The harvest comes and it's time to pick cotton. A Painted House is the story of a young boy living in Arkansas in 1952.

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