I’m sitting here to prove to the world that I am of sufficient mental capacity to make a new will. Once it is proved, the disposition of my assets cannot be questioned. I suppose.” I pause and let them sweat. Stafford assured me I do not have to divulge private information here. Just give them an overall picture, he said. My favourite part of this book was following Nate, who is a lawyer but has suffered from drug/alcohol problems and had, until recently, been in a rehab facility. He is called upon by his firm to go and find this unknown daughter who just so happens to be in Brazil, in the middle of nowhere, living as a missionary. Not only do we follow Nate's journey, we learn more about Rachel (the unknown daughter) right from her past, present and hoped future. This part for me was both addicting and heartbreaking in places. He was elected to the Mississippi state House of Representatives in 1983, where he served until 1990. Troy's lawyer decided to find Rachel and inform her about her father and his will, but he couldn't risk his life in the third world, so he sent his an old friend (Nate O'reily) to find Rachel.

Why I am worried about the pain? What’s wrong with a little suffering? I’ve caused more misery than any ten people. Stafford will run the show. When everyone is settled and the cameras are ready, he says, "My name is Josh Stafford, and I’m the attorney for Mr. Troy Phelan, seated here to my right."

The Testament by John Grisham is an adventure novel filled with suspense, unexpected twists, legal matters, lawyers, and billions of dollars.

I take on the shrinks, one at a time, eye to eye, glare to glare, until each blinks or looks away. All three wear dark suits. Zadel and Flowe have scraggly beards. Theishen has a bow tie and looks no more than thirty. The families were given the right to hire anyone they wanted. En definitiva, es un libro entretenido del que me esperaba algo más, con un final que aunque queda abruptamente cerrado, me ha dejado con ganas de un mejor desarrollo después de tantos dramas en la familia. Inspired by cases and testimony, Grisham began writing for fun in the wee hours of the morning before going to work. It closed yesterday at twenty-one a share. A swap and a split in the past six years and the holding is now worth about four hundred million. Does that answer your question?” Sin embargo es destacable, que gran parte de la historia se ubica en el Mato Grosso brasileño y y aunque no conozco la zona, el autor hizo un magnífico trabajo describiendo no solo la vegetación y animales, si no la situación social de los lugareños, las tribus que allí habitan y el trabajo de las misiones humanitarias.

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Meanwhile Troy's estranged daughter walked away from the modern world and devoted her life to God, moving to the isolated deep jungles of Brazil. There's a lot of heavy handed preaching and simplified characters that would be worthy of a a junior high student. Quincy was tried, convicted, and sent to prison for life. For twenty-two years he languished in prison, maintaining his innocence. But no one was listening. He had no lawyer, no advocate on the outside. In desperation, he writes a letter to Guardian Ministries, a small nonprofit run by Cullen Post, a lawyer who is also an Episcopal minister. There were too many lawyers, and although this was cool in some parts, most of them acted the same way. Some of them weren’t even necessary to the plot; they just added more confusing names.

Nate O'Riley, the lawyer sent to find Rachel Lane. He has been off-and-on drugs/alcohol several times, crashing harder every time. A workaholic whose habits have shattered both of his marriages, he is sent to Brazil to get him away from the office. He has two children from his first marriage and two younger children from his second marriage. His encounter with Rachel eventually sets him on a path to spiritual redemption. He grew feelings for Rachel, before she dies. There are a few swear words in the book but it is not strong language. There is no graphic violence or sexual content apart from a few innuendos. I recommend this book. Only seconds away now, and a faint ripple of fear goes through me. This will take more strength than I’ve mustered in weeks. Second Read: I totally forgot that I have already read this book just over four years ago. I really liked it then, and really like it now. Highly recommend if you like good courtroom.John Grisham says THE TUMOR is the most important book he has ever written. In this short book, he provides readers with a fictional account of how a real, new medical technology could revolutionize the future of medicine by curing with sound. Something medieval. Then she married badly, like the rest of them. I guess they inherited that talent from me." I can see them stiffen and bristle. And I can almost see the lawyers and the current live-ins and/or spouses hide little smiles because no one can argue the fact that I did indeed marry badly.

Zadel wants history. It’s an effort to test the bounds of my memory. "Mr. Phelan, where were you born?" Eccentric billionaire leaves all his money to an illegitimate child Rachel no one knew about. His six grandchildren are greedy idiots who hire attorneys to contest the will. Josh is executor of the will. He needs someone to go to the jungles of Brazil to find Rachel who is working with tribes as a Christian missionary. Josh asks Nate to go. Nate was a high-powered litigator who has been in rehab several times for alcohol and cocaine. He is twice divorce with kids he never sees. The IRS wants to put him in jail for tax fraud. He is close to the end of his current rehab stay, but he leaves to go to Brazil. This is my first John Grisham's book reading. Actually, my teacher of oral expression gave us some recommendation of books and told us to read one of them and it will be your exam mark, so I chose this book, and I really enjoyed it.This is my testament,” I announce, taking a pen. “A holographic will, every word written by me, just a few hours ago. Dated today, and now signed today.” I scrawl my name again. Stafford is too stunned to react. But from here on in it all begins to sound a bit like a born again Christian revival meeting. Which is all well and good for the believers amongst us but, personally speaking, being hit over the head with a bible is not my idea of fun. This once-in-a-lifetime event is captured here, and 100% of all profits will be donated to The Wavedancer Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports Frank Muller and other artists who fall prey to illness or injury and can no longer perform.