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A Painted House is a coming-of-age novel by John Grisham, inspired by his childhood in 1950s rural Arkansas. It follows seven-year-old Luke Chandler as his world is disrupted by the arrival of migrant workers, leading him to witness a murder and grapple with adult situations and secrets. The story explores themes of innocence, violence, and class, centered on the unpainted Chandler family farmhouse and the eventual, secret painting of the house which symbolizes a glimmer of hope and change.

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