false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255722170m/2053020.jpg 2053020 6 <div>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.</div> 2058154 21 1 2008 The Well and the Mine total:490|5:121|4:223|3:115|2:26|1:5| 490 1899 1008 174 5 4 false false Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 12:18:43 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 08:14:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 06:38:15 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 12:51:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 18:29:23 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 20:12:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Sep 06 20:51:49 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 20:54:29 -0700 2009
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 mo...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 18 11:25:23 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 12:11:33 -0700 2009
The plot, such as it is, revolves around the mystery of who threw a baby in the Mo...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 08:05:40 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 06:20:22 -0800 2009
Albert, a coal miner...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 05:56:35 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 11:55:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 23:20:33 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 23:25:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 16 21:10:59 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 21:18:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 11:05:40 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 11:13:03 -0700 2009
This is, indeed, what I would call this book -- powerful. I came away from...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 16:09:05 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 16:09:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 22 19:56:22 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 20:23:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 20:14:20 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 20:18:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 06:44:09 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 18:29:40 -0700 2009 Gin Phillips won a Barnes & Noble "Discover New Writers" award and I love Southern literature. I had high hopes for this book and I wasn't let down.

Racism and poverty are the main themes in this Depression-era novel. Gin Phillips makes sure you know the characters well...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 10:58:37 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 09:57:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 21 08:29:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 08:29:00 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 06 14:26:54 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 13:40:08 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 14:26:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 06:31:23 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 07:55:13 -0700 2009
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After she threw the baby in, nobody believed me for the
longest time. But I kept hearing that splash.

The speaker is Tess, a...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 16 12:57:36 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 16 12:58:54 -0800 2008
The story begins (in the fi...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2053020