Debbie R. (readingfool) reviewed on 1/16/2007 + 63 more book reviews

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A departure for Grisham but a worthy one. Inspried by his own childhood in rural Arkansas, the narrator is a farm boy named Luke Chandler, age 7, who lives in the cotton fields with his parents and grandparents in a little how that's never been pained. Their rented 80 acre farm requires them to hire a truckload of Mexicans and a family from the Ozarks to help harvest the cotton. For 6 weeks, battling the heat, rain, fatigue and sometimes each other. Luke sees thinks and finds himself keeping secrets that not only threaten the crop, but will change the lives of the Chandlers forever.

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