He is obsessed with beautiful 17-year-old Tally Spruill, who on one occasion lets him see her naked, bathing in a creek. They initially consider themselves lucky to hire the Spruills, a family of " hill people," and a few Mexican migrants who annually come to the area looking for work.Īside from working long hours under the hot sun in the fields, Luke's life is fairly idyllic. The story begins as Luke Chandler and his grandfather Eli, also known as Pappy, search for migrant workers to help them with the cotton picking. The novel portrays the experiences that bring him from a world of innocence into one of harsh reality. Set in the late summer and early fall of 1952, its story is told through the eyes of seven-year-old Luke Chandler, the youngest in a family of cotton farmers struggling to harvest their crop and earn enough to settle their debts. The entire novel was later published in hardback and paperback by Doubleday. Initially published in serial form, the book was released in six installments in The Oxford American magazine. Inspired by his childhood in Arkansas, it is Grisham's first major work outside the legal thriller genre in which he established himself.
A Painted House is a 2001 novel by American author John Grisham.
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