372 9778b8c1-33ea-468a-b4f8-5c2e57a6cae8 A Painted House John Grisham calibre (2.69.0) [https://calibre-ebook.com] 2004-02-03T17:50:41+00:00 <p class="description">SUMMARY: Until that September of 1952, Luke Chandler had never kept a secret or told a single lie. But in the long, hot summer of his seventh year, two groups of migrant workers — and two very dangerous men — came through the Arkansas Delta to work the Chandler cotton farm. And suddenly mysteries are flooding Luke’s world.A brutal murder leaves the town seething in gossip and suspicion. A beautiful young woman ignites forbidden passions. A fatherless baby is born ... and someone has begun furtively painting the bare clapboards of the Chandler farmhouse, slowly, painstakingly, bathing the run-down structure in gleaming white. And as young Luke watches the world around him, he unravels secrets that could shatter lives — and change his family and his town forever....From the Paperback edition.</p> Bantam Dell 9780385337939 eng Fiction Mystery Suspense General Fiction - General Historical Farm life Boys Arkansas Cotton farmers Rural families