A PAINTED HOUSE

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A Painted House by John Grisham

A Painted House is a February 2001 novel by American author John Grisham. It was made into a television film in 2003, starring Scott Glenn and Logan Lerman.

Inspired by his childhood in Arkansas, it is Grisham's first major work outside the legal thriller genre in which he established himself. Set in the late summer and early fall of 1952, its story is told through the eyes of seven-year-old Luke Chandler, the youngest in a family of cotton farmers struggling to harvest their crop and earn enough to settle their debts. The novel portrays the experiences that bring him from a world of innocence into one of harsh reality. - wikipedia.org

Own this novel by  exchanging your old  books, dictionaries, storybooks, encyclopedias and other reference books that maybe of use and beneficial to the less fortunate children in the remote and depressed areas in the Philippines.  You can visit Books For A Cause (BFAC) for more details.

THE LOVELY BONES

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The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

The Lovely Bones is a 2002 novel by Alice Sebold. It is the story of a teenage girl who, after being raped and murdered, watches from her personal Heaven as her family and friends struggle to move on with their lives while she comes to terms with her own death. The novel received much critical praise and became an instant bestseller. A film adaptation of the novel, directed by Peter Jackson who personally purchased the rights, was released in American theatres on January 15, 2010, and in the UK on February 15, 2010.- wikipedia.org

Own this novel by  exchanging your old  books, dictionaries, storybooks, encyclopedias and other reference books that maybe of use and beneficial to the less fortunate children in the remote and depressed areas in the Philippines.  You can visit Books For A Cause (BFAC) for more details.

HOTEL JULIET

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Hotel Juliet by Belinda Seaward

Out of Africa meets the English Patient . . .

Memory Cougan, black and in her twenties, has a successful career and an adoring fiancé. But at her engagement party, she panics. Brought to London aged five, she has no recollection of Africa, or why she left. Leaving Adam behind, she returns to a place she no longer recognizes - and to Max, the coffee planter who may have the answers. 

But Memory's journey of discovery is not hers alone to make. For Max, hardened by years in the bush, her arrival will reawaken memories of the most intense time in his life and of his beloved aeroplane, Hotel Juliet. For Elise, her adoptive mother, Memory's flight threatens to reveal the truth of what really happened in Africa all those years ago.

THE RAINMAKER

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The Rainmaker by John Grisham

The Rainmaker is a 1995 novel by John Grisham. This was Grisham's sixth novel. It differs from most of his other novels in that it is written almost completely in the simple present tense.

Rudy Baylor is about to graduate from Memphis State Law School. He secures a position with a Memphis law firm, which he then loses when the firm is bought up by another, larger firm. As one of the few members of his class without a job lined up, a desperate Rudy reluctantly allows "Prince" Thomas, the owner of a sleazy bar where he works part-time, to introduce him to J. Lyman "Bruiser" Stone, a ruthless but successful ambulance chaser, who makes him an associate. To earn his fee, Rudy is required to hunt for potential clients at the local hospital and sign them up to personal injury lawsuits.