Rated of 5
by Cormier
Out of the many Grisham books I have read (The Runaway Jury, The Partner, The Testament, and The Client) This is one book that I can really relate to. Not growing up on a farm but having to keep secrets, Family traditions, betrayals, Hormones. If you read one book of Grishams you should read this.
Rated of 5
by Diane Pfeiffer
I have loved every one of J.Grisham's books; A Painted House is by far his best. I am an audio book lover and have listened to A Painted House so often, that I ordered another one just in case this one wore out. My eldest son is also a John Grisham book lover and we compare notes and talk about his books many times over. A Painted House as seen through the eyes of a 7 year old is warm, and exciting and intense at times. The descriptive style of John Grisham had me making "bisquits" each time I listened to it. I absolutely loved it.
Rated of 5
by Scott
One of the best books I've ever read. I'm not an avid reader by any means, but finished this book in a day and a half. The only thing that dissapointed me about this book was when I turned the last page. I'm probably going to have to read it again. This time much slower. - Scott
Rated of 5
by geraldine
I read the book and loved every paragraph. I lived in Lepanto Arkansas for many years of my childhood. I am 50 years old now and have been away from Lepanto and from the cotton farm that I grew up on, but the memories still linger. As I read this book, those memories flooded over me and reminded me of the abject poverty that I knew as a child. It also reminded me of wonderful times spent with my family. We worked in the fields and my grandmother cooked for the whole family and the farm hands as well. We had Mexicans who came to chop cotton in the spring and stayed on til fall to help pick. I was very small when I started working in the field, but before I started working, I went to the field everyday and walked along with the uncles,aunts and cousins who were there working. My values were developed in those very fields.
I watched the movie "A Painted House" and loved it as well. John Grisham really knows how to express the true flavor of the south in everything he does. I just wish there had not been so many commercials interrupting the movie. It was very distracting to have so many long commercials, but the true colors of John Grisham's south shown through.
Thanks, John Grisham, for providing a wonderful tale, so poignant, and vital.
Rated of 5
by Jay Truelove
I live in Lepanto, Arkansas where the majority of the made for T.V. movie was filmed. I wanted to read the book before the movie came out and I have to say that if the movie is half as good as the book it will be a definite success. I was drawn to the book simply from the fact that the movie was filmed here in my hometown but the fact the the character "Luke Chandler" and his family were Cardinal fans absolutely made me have to read the book. The only thing that was different from me as a child and "Luke" was the fact that he grew up listening to Harry Carey and I grew up listening to Jack Buck. Again I live right off of Highway 135 just south of where "Luke Chandler" lived the first seven years of his life and now I have a daughter that is the same age of seven and not only do we relate talking about the St. Louis Cardinals day after day but now I can relate to her that there was once a family years before us that used to do the same thing that we do every day. Playing pitch, talking about the Cardinals, and watching the cotton come and go every year. Thanks, Jay Truelove Lepanto, Arkansas
Rated of 5
by Ben Elliott
I'm only fourteen years old and I love it. I think it is for all ages and it is a good family book.
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