β Scribed by Gin Phillips
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"After she threw the baby in, nobody believed me for the longest time.
But I kept hearing the splash."
So begins The Well and the Mine, a magnificent debut novel set in 1930s Alabama. The place is Carbon Hill, a small coal-mining community, in the midst of the Depression. The Moore family, a loving brood of five, is better off than most, generous to their less fortunate neighbors. But darkness arrives at their doorstep when a mysterious woman throws a baby down the Moores' well, and the story slowly unfolds, through the alternating voices of nine-year-old Tess (who witnessed the crime); her older sister, Virgie; her brother, Jack; and her parents, Albert and Leta.
The mystery of the baby and why the Moores' well was the chosen
location for its disposal is the catalyst of this intimate novel -- the splash whose ripples widen to reveal a community divided by race and class. The revelation of this shadowy side of life in Carbon Hill is leavened by the awakening conscience of a family that survives adversity with pluck and determination. In her first novel, Phillips has found beauty, depth, and the promise of salvation in one strong Southern clan.
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EDITORIAL REVIEW: \*\*With an introduction by Fannie Flagg Author of \*Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop CafΓ© \*\*\* A novel of warmth and true feeling, \*The Well and the Mine\* explores the value of community, charity, family, and hope that we can give each other during a time of hards
An assured, inspiring debut which demonstrates the power of the human spirit to give comfort in times of hardship.In 1931 Carbon Hill, a small Alabama coal-mining town, nine-year-old Tess Moore watches from the darkness of her back porch as a strange woman lifts the cover off the family well and tos
EDITORIAL REVIEW: \*\*With an introduction by Fannie Flagg Author of \*Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop CafΓ© \*\*\* A novel of warmth and true feeling, \*The Well and the Mine\* explores the value of community, charity, family, and hope that we can give each other during a time of hards
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EDITORIAL REVIEW: \*\*With an introduction by Fannie Flagg Author of \*Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop CafΓ© \*\*\* A novel of warmth and true feeling, \*The Well and the Mine\* explores the value of community, charity, family, and hope that we can give each other during a time of hards