{"product_id":"a-painted-house","title":"A Painted House","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - In a tense, poignant novel of a boy awakening to his small town's secrets, \"John Grisham takes command of this literary category just as forcefully as he did legal thrillers with \u003ci\u003eThe Firm\u003c\/i\u003e\" (\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"You can't help thinking of other coming-of-age novels from the South: \u003ci\u003eHuckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird\u003c\/i\u003e.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUntil 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA 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.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48841259450573,"sku":"9780345532046","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_2057c931-ea20-47d6-afea-e9f757d6e578.jpg?v=1792025777","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/a-painted-house","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}