Gray
Mountain is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham set in Appalachia after the
Great Recession published in hardcover on October 23, 2014. The book follows
third-year associate Samantha Kofer after the Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers
when she becomes a legal clinic intern in coal mining country. Gray Mountain
lands at No. 1 on USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list.
Overview
:
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 gets downsized, furloughed, escorted out of the building. Samantha, though, is one of the “lucky” associates. She’s offered an opportunity to work at a legal aid clinic for one year without pay, after which there would be a slim chance that she’d get her old job back.
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 gets downsized, furloughed, escorted out of the building. Samantha, though, is one of the “lucky” associates. She’s offered an opportunity to work at a legal aid clinic for one year without pay, after which there would be a slim chance that she’d get her old job back.
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.
Mattie Wyatt, lifelong Brady resident and head of the town’s legal aid clinic,
is there to teach her how to “help real people with real problems.” For the
first time in her career, Samantha prepares a lawsuit, sees the inside of an
actual courtroom, gets scolded by a judge, and receives threats from locals who
aren’t so thrilled to have a big-city lawyer in town. And she learns that
Brady, like most small towns, harbors some big secrets.
Her
new job takes Samantha into the murky and dangerous world of coal mining, where
laws are often broken, rules are ignored, regulations are flouted, communities
are divided, and the land itself is under attack from Big Coal. Violence is
always just around the corner, and within weeks Samantha finds herself engulfed
in litigation that turns deadly.
About
the author :
JOHN
GRISHAM is the author of twenty-seven novels, one work of nonfiction, a
collection of stories, and four novels for young readers.
A
prolific writer, it takes Grisham an average of six months to complete a novel.
Grisham
has the right to approve or reject whoever is cast in movies based on his
books. He has even written two screenplays himself: Mickey and The Gingerbread
Man.
Baseball
is one of Grisham's great loves. He serves as the local Little League
commissioner and has six baseball diamonds on his property, where he hosts
games.
www.doubleday.com
www.jgrisham.com
www.facebook.com/JohnGrisham
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