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|title=The Well

|sort=Well, The

|publisher=Canongate

|date=March 2015

|summary=''The Well'' is Catherine Chanter's debut novel, a modern 'whodunnit' with a futuristic quasi-apocalyptic twist. Set in a rural idyll during a time of an almost Biblical drought, The Well seems to thrive, verdantly and lushly in spite of the lack of water anywhere else. Drawn by its mythical reputation people come from far and wide to see it with their own eyes; with unpredictable consequences for the family who call it home.

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The subject and title of Catherine Chanter's debut novel is a country idyll of which dreams are made: charmingly ramshackle, disarmingly verdant and heaving with fertile acreage. Ruth and Mark can barely believe their luck at finding this perfect retreat, an oasis from their tired and overwrought City existence. Several months down the road and with the entire nation brought to its knees by an almost apocalyptic drought, Ruth and Mark are beginning to question their good fortune in their ownership of The Well.