{"product_id":"the-well-and-the-mine","title":"Gin Phillips: The Well And The Mine [2009] paperback","description":"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.","brand":"Phillips, Gin","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":48090640744787,"sku":"XG81844086535","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/phillips-gin-the-well-and-the-mine-xg81844086535-55742922785107.jpg?v=1728372553","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/the-well-and-the-mine","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}