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A wishing well is a term from European folklore to describe wells where it was thought that any spoken wish would be granted. The idea that a wish would be granted came from the idea that water contained deities or had been placed there as a gift from the gods, since water was a source of life and oftentimes a scarce commodity. Water was seen to have healing powers and therefore wells became popular with many people drinking, bathing or just simply wishing over it. People believe that the guardians or dwellers of the well would grant them their wish if they paid a price. After uttering the wish, one would generally drop coins in the well. The tradition of dropping pennies in ponds and fountains stems from this. Coins would be placed there as gifts for the deity in thanks. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary logo Wiktionary is a Wikimedia Foundation project intended to be a free wiki dictionary (including thesaurus and lexicon) in almost every language. ...
And in WISH YOU WELL, we get...well, there is a lawyer in it, and some angry farmers set a neighbor's barn on fire, which I guess is either intrigue or a double-cross; but that notwithstanding, you're not going to get your standard Baldacci fare here.
While WISH YOU WELL is most definitely a novel, it reads like a series of progressive vignettes, each chapter telling a small story of gains and losses, happiness and regret, strength and fragility, while maintaining a cohesiveness within the greater whole of the novel.
The genesis of WISH YOU WELL is Baldacci's heritage.
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