I am currently reading a book called “Sycamore Row” by one of my favorite authors John Grisham. This book is a continuous of a past book called “A Time to Kill” but with a different case and a few new characters. In this book it talks about an old man named Seth Hubbard who committed suicide by hanging himself. One question I had throughout the book is why is a very wealthy man unknown in a small town? Well the author does a very good job of explaining it and bringing him from the bottom to the top. He also repeats that Seth was a very quiet and secretive man so the reader can understand why people never heard of him.

          In the book the setting takes place in Clanton where there is still racism. For example in the book when Seth died he left a large amount of money in his will for his housemaid named Lettie. This caused problems because Seth left other wills that included his children, but this will did not, and it was the final will he wrote. Seth Hubbard excluded his children because they have not been there to take care of him and gave everything to Lettie who has been there. Seth also in his will said that he wanted a lawyer named Jake to make sure his children do not receive any money whatsoever. Jake had one a big trial in the previous book and for that Seth Hubbard had trust in him. Even though in the previous book Jake had gotten a black man free in front of an all-white jury he had doubts about this case. Lettie was black and most whites in Clanton may not want a black person to be seen as richer than they are, and a black person may not want one of their one be above them and leave them in the dirt.

          In the book the author also does a good job of showing how the white people react to what's going on. For example the people think that Lettie may have been persuading him into letting her in the will, and may have had inappropriate contact with him. This book is very interesting and gives many peoples perspectives.