The Well and the Mine, Gin Phillips
The Well and the Mine, Gin Phillips
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The Well and the Mine

Author: Gin Phillips

Narrator: T.J. Kenneally, Margaret Nichols

Unabridged: 8 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/21/2009

Synopsis

In 1931 Carbon Hill, a small Alabama coal-mining town, nine-year-old Tess Moore watches a woman shove the cover off the family well and toss in a baby without a word. For the Moore family, focused on helping anyone in need during the Great Depression, the apparent murder forces them to face the darker side of their community and question the motivations of family and friends. Backbreaking work keeps most of the townspeople busy from dawn to dusk, and racial tensions abound. For parents, it's a time when a better life for the children means sacrificing health, time, and every penny that can be saved. For a miner, returning home after work is a possibility, not a certainty. However, next to daily thoughts of death, exhausting work, and race are the lingering pleasures of sweet tea, feather beds, and lightning bugs yet to be caught.

About The Author

Gin Phillips is a freelance writer whose features have appeared in American Profile, American Spirit, Platinum, and Woman’s World. She lives in Birmingham, Alabama. The Well and the Mine is her first novel.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ashley

I’m right in the middle with this one, I didn’t love it but I didn’t hate it either. Some parts were incredibly interesting and at times I was thoroughly enjoying this novel and convinced it would be a five star read because there’s nothing I enjoy more than a good historical fiction with some myste......more

Goodreads review by Jackie

This book, Phillips' debut novel, came out last year on Hawthorne Books, which has now belongs to Penguin, who will be re-releasing it sometime in the not too distant future. And well they should--this is a marvelous novel. Set in 1931 in Carbon Hill, Alabama, this book is more of a snapshot of life......more

Goodreads review by Cammie

If that opening line doesn't get you... "After she threw the baby in, nobody believed me for the longest time. But I kept hearing that splash." The Well and the Mine tells the story of the Moore family in 1930s Alabama. The community survives because of the nearby mine which employs many of the men,......more

Awards

  • Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award
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