pbanditp 's review for:

A Painted House by John Grisham

4.0

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Really gives a perspective of life on a farm in the South in the early 50’s. Told from the perspective of 7 year old Luke. His tale is about how his family gets by while hiring Mexicans and “Hill people” to help pick cotton on their 80 acre farm. Life is hard and baseball is the means of escape as they listen to their favorite team lose throughout the end of the season analogous to their struggles on the farm. Good lessons about treating others fairly and with respect in order to get along in life, but sometimes, life doesn’t play fair