The well and the mine pdf download

Jump to navigation Skip to content. After she threw the baby in, nobody believed me for the longest time. But I kept hearing that splash. The back porch comes right off our kitchen, with wide gray-brown boards you can lose a penny between if you're not careful.

The boards were warm with heat from the August air, but breathing was less trouble than it was during daytime. Everybody else was on the front porch after supper, so I could sit by myself, nothing but night and trees around me, a thin moon punched out of the sky. The garden smelled stronger than the left-over fried cornbread and field peas with onions.

And the breeze tiptoed across the porch, carrying those smells of meals done and still to come, along with a whiff of Papa's cigarette and snatches of talk from out front. It was the best time of the day to sit with the well, its wooden box taking up one corner of the porch and me taking up another. I leaned up against the kitchen door and looked through the wood posts of the railing, even though I couldn't see anything but black.

There weren't clouds covering that slice of moon or the blinking stars, but they still didn't throw enough light. The light from the kitchen door let me see to the edge of the porch. But the woman she didn't see me, I guess. Sometimes the Hudsons down below got their drinking water here—they didn't have their own well—and I thought it was a big, solid woman, with shoulders like a man.

She climbed the stairs two at a time. Then she held that heavy cover off the well, like a man would, with no trouble. I couldn't see the baby at first 'cause it was underneath her coat.

But she took it out, a still, little, bean-shaped bundle wrapped up like it was January. She held the bundle like a baby for a minute, tucked under her chin like she was patting it to sleep, whispering.

The blanket fell back from its head, and I saw a flash of skin. Then she tossed it in. Hot The Journey by John A. Great book, The Mine pdf is enough to raise the goose bumps alone.

Add a review Your Rating: Your Comment:. Hot Star of the North by D. John by D. The Fire by John A. Told from different perspectives, which is a good thing, but often there is no real connection between the different parts, there is no flow. What's more, the story lacks tension. It is as if the author realizes from time to time: what were we talking about again?

Oh yes, the well woman, let's say something about her. The plot is pretty lame and the story peters out. The protagonists themselves are very nice, very politically correct, not to say nauseating Nice story, but nothing more than that. The protagonists themselves are very nice, very politically correct, not to say nauseatingly sweet. They do and say all the right things. At the start of each chapter, the author lets Jack say something about what happened to everyone in later life.

I found this totally unnecessary and it took me out of the atmosphere, i. Is there nothing positive I can say about this novel? The atmosphere of a small Alabama coal-mining town in the summer of is beautifully drawn.

Also, the story is very rich in detail about working in a coal mine for instance, which was very interesting. All the characters are lovingly drawn, although this went a bit overboard sometimes, as stated above. All in all, a nice read, but a bit disappointing. I have several novels lined up that take place in the southern US states.

This filled my Alabama slot. It came on the heels of Faulkner and Mississippi - decidedly different! And, at first, I was unhappy about that difference. But I decided one should probably not have a steady diet of Faulkner.

Life needs both its good and its not so good to appreciate either. After I settled in to this, it was good enough. There is nothing great about the writing - but nothing terrible either. There are five ch I have several novels lined up that take place in the southern US states.

There are five characters who tell the story in first person prose: Albert Papa , Leta Mama , and the children: Virgie, Tess, and Jack. I think the author might have done a better job of differentiating these voices. For the most part it wasn't difficult to tell them apart, though I did have to flip back once or twice to remind myself which of the two girls was the current narrator.

Mar 16, Lisa rated it really liked it Shelves: reading-journal , literature-fiction , book-club-picks. Not a book I ordinarily would pick up on my own; this was my April book club selection. The Well and the Mine was a work of Southern literature, based around a family living in a coal mining town. The book opened with a little girl witnessing someone dropping her baby down their well.

This act immediately hooked me and made me want to find out who this mystery woman was and why she did it. The narrative alternated between the perspectives of each of the five family members.

The well incident spar Not a book I ordinarily would pick up on my own; this was my April book club selection. The well incident sparked the story, but I felt it was merely a good way to bring the family into focus, for this was a character driven story. I enjoyed looking into the lives of this family and how they dealt with issues of poverty and racism. It made me realize how our own perceptions influence and color our view of the world.

I'm glad I read this book and look forward to anything else that Phillips has to offer. For a debut novel this is wonderful! Better than I expected. Really, I'm not much familiar with American literature from this era, so this was another new experience other than Mockingbird ] and The Sound and the Fury.

She writes about poverty, racism, prejudice, and family life in the s , I liked the reality of it better than Harper Lee's which seems near to perfection. This metaphor is nicely delivered. Two things I wasn't crazy about: Didn't really enjoy the multiple narrator technique. I didn't understand why in some narrations Jack is an adult speaking about his childhood.

Loved Virgie than the protagonist Tess. View 2 comments. This story, set in a mining town in depression-era Alabama, is at once the story of a family and of a community, and of a mystery which touches them all.

When a baby is put down their family's well by a mysterious woman in the night, 9 year old Tess and 14 year old Virgie set out to make sense of this event which has rocked the comfortable world they've come to know. Along the way come lessons about social class, race, respect for others, growing up and finding one's place in the world. The stor This story, set in a mining town in depression-era Alabama, is at once the story of a family and of a community, and of a mystery which touches them all.

The story is told in the voices of Tess, Virgie and their parents, Albert and Leta, each of which I found distinctive and generally believable. Jack, the youngest member of the family, also does some narration, though his is from an adult perspective and is much broader in scope, covering events years down the road from the immediate story, which I felt was an interesting addition.

A very nice read and definitely recommended. Jul 14, Pam rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: everyone, especially my daughter and possibly my oldest granddaughter-age This one goes into my favorites - to be a favorite it has to be one that I would reread again and that is certainly true of this novel. Part of the reason, it was so good for me was the interaction between the three children, especially the girls!

They way she wrote them was so real that they could have been my grandchildren - in fact I pictured my three as I read about them. Just great!!!! The book reminded me in some respects of "Peace Like a River" - also one of my favorites.

Particularly the f This one goes into my favorites - to be a favorite it has to be one that I would reread again and that is certainly true of this novel. Particularly the father who was at times almost too good - same as Jeremiah in "Peace".

I didn't like the way the blacks were treated but it was the way it was at that time and in that place. Reminded me of "Mudbound" in that area - also a favorite of mine. The mystery of the baby was interesting and the reader can work it out pretty much along with the girls but the absolutely best part is the author's description of family life at the time.

She also ties everything up which always gives the reader closure. If she writes another book, I will definitely read it and can only hope I enjoy it as much. Second reading - April for Book Club It's always interesting to read a book for a second time; I usually find things I missed the first time around. I don't think I remembered Flannie Flagg's introduction when I finished it the first time but this time I paid more attention to it and realized that it is an accurate summation of the time and place.

She doesn't go into any explanation about the characters but I have to say that they still fill me with joy as much as they did the first time I read it. I enjoyed the whole Moore family but Tess and Virgie are my favorites and while I also loved Papa, he could be a little too self-sacrificing which bothered me.

Until I was part way through this time, I didn't remember the outcome of the baby in the well because that really was not that important to me. I felt the mystery was just there to move the novel along but that the real story was this wonderful family and how they coped with daily life. Nov 07, Sterlingcindysu rated it liked it. A much more exhausting, real-life version of The Waltons and truer version of a family from "A Coal Miner's Daughter" lyrics.

I was tired just reading this book. Phillips certainly goes into the back-breaking descriptions of picking cotton, working in the coal mine and the steps in washing a family's clothes when water has to be drawn from a well. Forget the internet about changing lives--for a mother in the '30s it had to be the purchase of a wringer washer.

The only "wait a minute, that's not A much more exhausting, real-life version of The Waltons and truer version of a family from "A Coal Miner's Daughter" lyrics. The only "wait a minute, that's not right" pause I had was when the mother uses a rolling pin in making bread.

I thought it was kneaded with hands, not a pin? This is a mood-setting book--maybe a 8 on mood and 3 on action. After all, how much can a family do when just living takes up all your energy? Yes, there's the whole "a woman threw a baby into the well" theme, but I bet that was to start and end the book, a bookends mystery. The parents crossed the line into goody-two-shoeland and that's what made me think of The Waltons.

Gin also went to Birmingham-Southern College with one of my three friends named Alice, and Alice was kind enough to send me the book in the hopes that I would agree with her about its awesomeness. Alice has fantastic taste, so I wasn't worried. Anyway, the book is set in rural Alabama in the 's and it opens with 9-year-old Tess witnessing someone dumping what appears to be a baby into the family's well. Although the book is about that incident, it also explores each member of the family's character; the life of a coal miner Tess's dad and his family during the Depression; racism; poverty; and so much more.

It's been a while since I've been introduced to someone I would consider a Great Southern Writer, but it's certainly looking like Gin Phillips could fit that bill. Apr 27, Debbie Floyd rated it really liked it Shelves: books-given-away.

This is a gem of a book, about a hardworking family who lives in Alabama in the 's. The writing is so descriptive you can almost, feel, smell and taste all that the family experiences in their day to day existence.

The voices of each of the family members are heard as they each talk about their lives and how they each deal with the day to day experiences. The coal miners, the tenant farmers, the business owners you get a feeling of life in a rural town in the South spanning the Depression. T This is a gem of a book, about a hardworking family who lives in Alabama in the 's. The racial inequality, those that have some and those that have nothing, most of the folks in this town live their lives with as much dignity as they can, especially this wonderful family.

The mystery of the baby in the well permeates the book, yet there are happy times, sad times, people just living their lives. I closed the book wanting it to continue to keep the dignity of this family's life going with the changing of the times and the seasons. Apr 26, Judy rated it really liked it Shelves: us-la-al-ms-ga-sc , ficto Part of the reason I enjoyed this book is because of all that it isn't.

It isn't a thriller, nor is it suspenseful. It isn't about sex or crimes. It doesn't try to be inspirational or humorous or poetic. It's simply the story of good people who lived in a small town supported by coal mines back in the s. A time when money was tight, prejudice was rampant and blatant , and rural life from a child's viewpoint wasn't all that bad. Please note that the tricks or techniques listed in this pdf are either fictional or claimed to work by its creator.

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