A novel of warmth and true feeling, The Well and the Mine explores the value of community, charity, family, and hope that we can give each other during a time of hardship. Look out for Phillips's new novel, Fierce Kingdom. 
In a small Alabama coal-mining town during the summer of 1931, nine-year-old Tess Moore sits on her back porch and watches a woman toss a baby into her family’s well without a word....

In Southern Appalachia, eighteen-year-old Harlowe searches for the answers behind his brother's death, his town's decay, and his family's dysfunction, and discovers truths about the people he loves, and himself, that are darker than he ever expected. But after meeting Tennessee Moore, Harlowe believes they can dare to forge their own path.