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I have two copies of this book, and one's my personal copy, but this one, I'm definitely open to lending out.

Gin Phillips won a Barnes & Noble "Discover New Writers" award of some sort for it, so I'm not the only one who loved it. 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 1930'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.

As an English student I spend a lot of time reading books that have lasted for hundreds of years. I read books about people, their lives, and their connections and I find too many books in recent years are no more than infantile spit up on a page with good marketing. The sensational dog and pony show of murder mysteries and romance novels make me want to cry out “Is there no room for art!”. Many of the books I am sent from goodreads have this very problem. I would say that this is because goodreads does not cater to one type of book but has an even sprinkling of diversity. The first book I received from goodreads was about sex, the second about torture, but Lucky Girl was about hope, family, love, forgiveness, and acceptance. I absolutely adored this book and I feel a timeless quality about it. This refreshing novel is well worth the read!