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#1NEWYORKTIMESBESTSELLERUntilthatSeptemberof1952,LukeChandlerhadneverkeptasecretortoldasinglelie.Butinthelong,hotsummerofhisseventhyear,twogroupsofmigrantworkers—andtwoverydangerousmen—camethroughtheArkansasDeltatoworktheChandlercottonfarm.AndsuddenlymysteriesarefloodingLuke’sworld.Abrutalmurderleavesthetownseethingingossipandsuspicion.Abeautifulyoungwomanignitesforbiddenpassions.Afatherlessbabyisborn.AndsomeonehasbegunfurtivelypaintingthebareclapboardsoftheChandlerfarmhouse,slowly,painstakingly,bathingtherun-downstructureingleamingwhite.AndasyoungLukewatchestheworldaroundhim,heunravelssecretsthatcouldshatterlives—andchangehisfamilyandhistownforever.,
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JohnGrishamistheauthoroftwenty-threenovels,including,mostrecently,TheLitigators;oneworkofnonfiction,acollectionofstories,andanovelforyoungreaders.HeistheChairmanoftheBoardofDirectorsoftheMississippiInnocenceProjectattheUniversityofMississippiSchoolofLaw.HelivesinVirginiaandMississippi.,,