This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2013 by Stephanie Landsem
Scripture quotations taken from THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica US, Inc.®. Used by permission.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Landsem, Stephanie.
The well : a novel / Stephanie Landsem.
p. cm.
1. Samaritan woman (Biblical figure)—Fiction. 2. Bible. N.T.—History of Biblical events—Fiction. 3. Women in the Bible—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3612.A5493W45 2013
813′.6—dc23
2012023945
ISBN 978-1-4516-8885-6
ISBN 978-1-4516-8886-3 (ebook)
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