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Book Review of The Well and the Mine

The Well and the Mine
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Helpful Score: 6


Gin Phillips's debut novel is terrific. Told in several voices, it is set in Alabama in a mining town during the Depression. It is a story about a baby thrown down a well, the Moore family, and their friends and neighbors. It gives you a glimpse of how some people survived, just barely, during the Depression. Virgie and Tess Moore are quite engaging characters, as are the secondary characters. It is very well written and I look forward to her next novel.