{"product_id":"9781844087853","title":"The Well And The Mine","description":"Author: Gin Phillips\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781844087853\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 27 Sep 2011\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn assured, inspiring debut which demonstrates the power of the human spirit to give comfort in times of hardship.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt 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":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47924980613278,"sku":"ING-9781844087853","price":35.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781844087853.jpg?v=1782956856","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781844087853","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}