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The well and the mine by gin phillips, paperback barnes. The well and the mine kindle edition by phillips, gin. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the well and the mine. Gin worked for many years as a freelance magazine editor, and now lives in birmingham, alabama with her husband, children, and their dog. The well and the mine by gin phillips booksamillion. Her debut novel, the well and the mine, was a lovely read. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Gin phillips audio books, best sellers, author bio. The hidden summer in 20 and a little bit of spectacular in 2015. While the moore family and their story are a product of my imagination, the world they live in was very real.
The well and the mine by gin phillips 9781101052938. In the well and the mine, gin phillips presents a heartwarming picture of smalltown southern usa during the great depression of the 1930s. However, i suspected it was a lackluster second bookas is often the case and i was right. The setting was a small mining town suffering the effects of the depression.
A novel of warmth and true feeling, the well and the mine explores the value of community, charity, family, and hope tha. April 21, 2009 in 1931 carbon hill, a small alabama coalmining town, nineyearold tess moore watches a woman shove the cover off the family well and toss in a baby without a word. 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 hardship. Gin wants emerging writers to know, however, that writing fiction is still a. These are the opening scenes of gin phillips s novel.
In a small alabama coalmining town during the summer of 1931, nineyearold tess moore sits on her back porch and watches a woman toss a baby into. Gin phillips on the well and the mine the well and the mine is the story of one depressionera family in an alabama coalmining town, and the. However, she refrains from judging and imagines the circumstances that might have driven the well woman to. But in some ways, the babyinwell business is misleading, because it goes on to command relatively little dramatic tension in the book. Download come in and cover me audiobook by gin phillips. Gin phillips books list of books by author gin phillips. Our top topics for writers addresses the most popular and pressing issues, including literary agents, mfa programs, and self. The well and the mine by gin phillips reading guidebook club. Buy a cheap copy of the well and the mine book by gin phillips. Gin phillips has written a book so wise its hard to believe its her debut novel. The well and the mine, book by gin phillips paperback. The guardian extreme heartpounding adventure, right this way. The well and the mine by gin phillips books hachette. Penguin press bought the rights to the well and the mine shortly after.
These are the opening scenes of gin phillipss novel. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. I never read good answers to those questions in library books, but i hear plenty of answers, simple and complicated. I wanted to write a book about motherhood, phillips says of fierce kingdom, the story of a mother and fouryearold son trapped in their local zoo by an active shooter event. Resonant, vivid and cleareyed in its portrayal of both the best and the worst of human nature, the well and the mine is a stunning novel about love, hope and the importance of doing the right. But in some ways, the babyin well business is misleading, because it goes on to command relatively little dramatic tension in the book.
As tess tries to unravel the mystery of the woman at the well, a portrait emerges of a family and a community struggling to survive the darkest of times. Gin phillips has written critically acclaimed books for adults, and is now making her foray into children s literature. The story was well written and the characters were created fully for the 1930s in carbon hill, alabama. Gin phillips is the author of the well and the mine, winner of the 2009 barnes and noble discover prize in fiction, and come in and cover me. Virgie recollects, papa said it was an abomination what that woman did. The well and the mine by gin phillips ebook, 304 pages, published 2009 isbn10. Fierce kingdom by gin phillips audio book simply audiobooks.
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She recently wrote her debut childrens book, the hidden summer. Books mentioned what lies between us by nayomi munaweera the well and the mine by gin phillips. A novel of warmth and true feeling, the well and the mine explores the value of. Barnes noble discover great new writersafter she threw th. The well and the mine, by gin phillips the independent. The well and the mine gin phillips, author, fannie flagg, introduction by. Resonant, vivid and cleareyed in its portrayal of both the best and the worst of human nature, the well and the mine is a stunning novel about love, hope and the importance of doing the right thing. Gin phillips birmingham, alabama is an american author.
In a small alabama coalmining town during the summer of 1931, nineyearold tess moore sits on her back porch and watches a woman toss. Written with the same warmth and depth of feeling that drew readers to the well and the mine, phillipss debut, come in and cover me is a. The well and the mine by gin phillips 9781101052938 get. The well and the mine is a story about the people in a small mining town in alabama during the great depression. The well and the mine by gin phillips librarything. She lives in birmingham, alabama, with her husband, children, and dog. Narrated in turn by tess, her siblings, and her parentseach haunted by the unfathomable act of that shadow womangin phillipss novel, the well and the mine hawthorne, is part mystery, part meditation on poverty, race, and community in smalltown america during the 1930s. While the range of inquiries has been broad, common themes have emerged over time. Gin phillips had no intention of writing summers most scintillating literary thriller. Shop amongst our popular books, including, fierce kingdom, the well and the mine and more from gin phillips. The well and the mine is the story of one depressionera family in an alabama coalmining town, and the single night that forever changes their view of the world around them. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read fierce kingdom. Carbon hill is a small alabama coalmining town and the moore family is typical of many of its inhabitants. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet.
There is the father, albert, a coal miner, mother leta, and their children virgie, tess and jack. Her second novel, come in and cover me, was published in 2012. This gentle debut novel set in depressionera alabama kicks off with a startling opening scene. This is the debut novel of gin phillips, an american writer. In a small alabama coalmining town during the summer of 1931, nineyearold tess moore sits on her back porch and watches a. Download or stream come in and cover me by gin phillips. I first read gin phillips second book, come in and cover me, and i wasnt thrilled. Gin phillips discusses the origins behind her novel the well and the mine, which is set in a small alabama coalmining town during the summer of 1931. The well and the mine by gin phillips united for libraries. Explore books by gin phillips with our selection at. Phillips poignant novel goes to the heart of the depression with a coal mining family in 1931 carbon hill, alabama, focusing on the lives of albert, leta, and their three children. It concerns the moore family who are living in carbon hill, alabama, a coal mininf town, during the depression.
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