Gray Mountain by John Grisham

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Bibliographic Details

• Author: John Grisham
• Title: Gray Mountain
• Publisher: ‎ Doubleday; First Edition, First Printing (October 21, 2014)
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Hardcover – 368 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 038553714X
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0385537148
• Item Weight: ‎ 1.4 pounds
• Dimensions: ‎ 6.4 x 1.2 x 9.5 inches
• Book Condition: Used – Very Good (minimal markings inside front cover)
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Edition: First Edition

Synopsis:

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • John Grisham has a new hero … and she’s full of surprises.

 

The year is 2008 and Samantha Kofer’s career at a huge Wall Street law firm is on the fast track—until the recession hits and she is downsized, furloughed, and escorted out of the building. Samantha, though, is offered an opportunity to work at a legal aid clinic for one year without pay, all for a slim chance of getting rehired.

 

In a matter of days Samantha moves from Manhattan to Brady, Virginia, population 2,200, in the heart of Appalachia, a part of the world she has only read about. Samantha’s new job takes her into the murky and dangerous world of coal mining, where laws are often broken, communities are divided, and the land itself is under attack. But some of the locals aren’t so thrilled to have a big-city lawyer in town, and within weeks Samantha is engulfed in litigation that turns deadly. Because like most small towns, Brady harbors big secrets that some will kill to conceal.

About the Author:

John Grisham is the author of forty-seven consecutive #1 bestsellers, which have been translated into nearly fifty languages. His recent books include The Boys From Biloxi, The Judge's List, Sooley, and his third Jake Brigance novel, A Time for Mercy, which is being developed by HBO as a limited series.

Grisham is a two-time winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was honored with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction.

When he's not writing, Grisham serves on the board of directors of the Innocence Project and of Centurion Ministries, two national organizations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted. Much of his fiction explores deep-seated problems in our criminal justice system.

John lives on a farm in central Virginia.