Shelter: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries) - Softcover

"Astonishing. . . . Phillips has gone into the garden and headed straight for the serpent's throat." -The Boston Globe

"Mesmerizing. . . . The physical world is so thoroughly and beautifully evoked that within pages we're completely drawn in." -The Washington Post

"Written in prose that is often breathtakingly beautiful, Shelter is a rich, vivid novel of moral and psychological complexity destined to stand alongside works by Faulkner and other masters of Southern literature." -Vanity Fair

"This defiant, frighteningly beautiful novel is as disturbing as its setting. Built to last, Shelter feels like Phillips' bid for immortality." -Harper's Bazaar

A Southern Gothic novel by the acclaimed author of Machine Dreams centers on two young sisters from West Virginia who lose their innocence during the summer of 1963 at a camp in the forest. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.