The Well And The Mine - Softcover

Phillips, Gin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844086534 ISBN 13: 9781844086535

Verlag: Virago, 2009

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Críticas:

** 'Gripping (Red)

** 'A lovely, subtle novel, a moving portrait of the Depression-era American south (Observer)

** 'A gentle, thoughtful and moving book (Psychologies)

** 'Phillips portrays the characters with uncommon clarity, demonstrating human nature at its best and worst. The result is a book that triumphs on the insight as much as the lyricism of its narrative (Easy Living)

Reseña del editor:

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 tosses a baby in without a word.
It is the height of the Depression; while Tess's father, Albert, performs backbreaking and dangerous work at the mine, her mother, Leta, makes do without meat on her table. But the family are luckier than most; the food they can grow on their plot of land has so far saved them from the crippling poverty and near-starvation that besets their neighbours. 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. Resonant, vivid and clear-eyed 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.

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• Verlag: Virago
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1844086534
• ISBN 13: 9781844086535
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288