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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN num: 9780976631170
ISBN number: 0976631172
Label: Hawthorne Books
Manufacturer: Hawthorne Books
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 251
Printing Date: January 21, 2008
Publishing house: Hawthorne Books
Sale Popularity Level: 137743
Studio: Hawthorne Books
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In 1931 Carbon Hill, a small Alabama coal-mining town, nine-year-old Tess Moore watches a woman shove the cover off the family well and toss in a baby without a word. For the Moore family, focused on helping anyone in need during the Great Depression, the apparent murder forces them to face the darker side of their community and question the motivations of family and friends. Backbreaking work keeps most of the townspeople busy from dawn to dusk, and racial tensions abound. For parents, it's a time when a better life for the children means sacrificing health, time, and every penny that can be saved. For a miner, returning home after work is a possibility, not a certainty. However, subsequent to daily thoughts of death, exhausting work, and race are the lingering pleasures of sweet tea, feather beds, and lightning bugs yet to be caught.
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This book is full of interesting characters and is descriptive of the time and circumstances the Carbon Hill family survives. Congratulations to Ginny on publishing a novel full of great imagery, likable characters, and an engaging plot.
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This is a must read.. Gin Phillips take s you into an era where the country is coming of age. The characters deal with with social issues such as race, poverty and mental illnes. As you read You become part of this family and you see life through their eyes. I truly feel that this book should be a required reading in colleges and High Schools.
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even if "southern fiction" isn't your thing, this book will sneak its way into your mind, and then stay for a while. written with superb detail, it makes our modern day life come up a little short. it's a quick and easy read, but has so much depth in the substories. much much more than a simple book about a well or a mine, this is definitely worth your time. what an impressive debut novel.
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This lovely book typlifies what is characterized as Southern fiction -- a beautiful story told without irony. The difference is that four points of view are employed, each a distinct voice. Told from a perspective of years in some cases, this tale of a family in Alabama in 1931 breathes vibrancy into the landscape and its inhabitants. Daily lives are examined. And it's refreshing to meet a family that really cares about one another, realistically.
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a well written and interesting book. wish there were more like this one. a must read.
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