The summons [large print] / John Grisham.
Ray Atlee is a professor of law at the University of Virginia. He's forty-three, newly single, and still enduring the aftershocks of a surprise divorce. He has a younger brother, Forrest, who redefines the notion of a family's black sheep. And he has a father, a very sick old man who lives alone in the ancestral home in Clanton, Mississippi. He is known to all as Judge Atlee, a beloved and powerful official who has towered over local law and politics for forty years. No longer on the bench, the Judge has withdrawn to the Atlee mansion and become a recluse. With the end in sight, Judge Atlee issues a summons for both sons to return home to Clanton, to discuss the details of his estate. Ray reluctantly heads south, to his hometown, to the place where he grew up, which he prefers now to avoid. But the family meeting does not take place. The Judge dies too soon, and in doing so leaves behind a shocking secret known only to Ray. And perhaps someone else.
Record details
- ISBN: 0739423274
- ISBN: 0375431489
- ISBN: 9780375431487
- ISBN: 0375431977
- ISBN: 9780375431975
- ISBN: 0739423274
- Physical Description: 456 pages (large print) ; 24 cm
- Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House Large Print, [2002]
- Copyright: ©2002
Content descriptions
- Target Audience Note:
- 900L Lexile
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- Subject:
- Mississippi > Fiction.
- Genre:
- Large print books.
Legal fiction (Literature)
Thrillers (Fiction)
Available copies
- 54 of 61 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Caswell County Public Library. (Show)
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- 3 current holds with 61 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Gunn Memorial Public Library | LP F GRI (Text) | 34621704540189 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Andrews Public Library | LP GRI (Text) | 80605000735596 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Ashe County Public Library | LP GRI (Text) | 50503010727792 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Avery County Morrison Public Library | LPFIC GRI (Text) | 36666002243064 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Barco Library | F LT GRI (Text) | 39488200785394 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Beaufort Main | LP F GRI (Text) | 34208202505383 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Checked out | 08/19/2026 |
| Belhaven Public Library | LP FIC (Text) | 38344100978871 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Bogue Banks | LP F GRI (Text) | 34208201095493 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Boonville Community Public Library | LP F GRISHAM (Text) | 30005100125569 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Storage | - |
| Boonville Community Public Library | LP F GRISHAM (Text) | 40599000491632 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Checked out | 08/17/2026 |
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Ray Atlee is a professor of law at the University of Virginia. He's forty-three, newly single, and still enduring the aftershocks of a surprise divorce. He has a younger brother, Forrest, who redefines the notion of a family's black sheep. And he has a father, a very sick old man who lives alone in the ancestral home in Clanton, Mississippi. He is known to all as Judge Atlee, a beloved and powerful official who has towered over local law and politics for forty years. No longer on the bench, the Judge has withdrawn to the Atlee mansion and become a recluse. With the end in sight, Judge Atlee issues a summons for both sons to return home to Clanton, to discuss the details of his estate. Ray reluctantly heads south, to his hometown, to the place where he grew up, which he prefers now to avoid. But the family meeting does not take place. The Judge dies too soon, and in doing so leaves behind a shocking secret known only to Ray. And perhaps someone else.
