GRAY MOUNTAIN

Libro

Editorial	RANDOM HOUSE
Edad	Adultos
Idioma	Inglés Internacional
Nivel	Avanzado
Autor	GRISHAM JOHN
ISBN	9780385537148
Peso ( kg )	0,647
Tipo	Soporte Físico
Año de edición	2014
Formato	Tapa dura
Sinopsis	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. GRISHAM JOHN John Grisham es autor de cuarenta y ocho libros que se han convertido en números 1 en las listas de best sellers de Estados Unidos de manera consecutiva y que han sido traducidos a casi cincuenta idiomas. Sus obras más recientes incluyen Los chicos de Biloxi, El intercambio e Isla maldita. Grisham ha ganado dos veces el Premio Harper Lee de ficción legal y ha sido galardonado con el Premio al Logro Creativo de Ficción de la Biblioteca del Congreso de Estados Unidos. Cuando no está escribiendo, Grisham trabaja en la junta directiva de Innocence Project y Centurion Ministries, dos organizaciones dedicadas a lograr la exoneración de personas condenadas injustamente. Muchas de sus novelas exploran problemas profundamente arraigados en el sistema de justicia estadounidense. John vive en una granja en Virginia.
Cantidad de páginas	384
Fecha Ingreso	01-01-0001