Shelter: A Novel

In a West Virginia forest in 1963, a group of children at summer camp enter a foreboding Eden and experience an unexpected rite of passage. Shelter is an astonishing portrayal of an American loss of innocence as witnessed by a mysterious drifter named Parson, two young sisters, Lenny and Alma, and a feral boy called Buddy. Together they come to understand bravery and the importance of compassion.
Phillips unearths a dangerous beauty in this primeval terrain and in the hearts of her characters. Lies, secrets, erotic initiations, and the bonds of love between friends, families, and generations are transformed in a leafy wilderness undiminished by societal rules and dilemmas. Cast in Phillips? stunning prose, with an unpredictable cast of characters and a shadowy, suspenseful narrative, Shelter is a an enduring achievement from one of the finest writers of our time. more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-29-2006; Angelic book of angels and demons; This book is amazing, Philips's words ring like poetry and the variety of her vocabulary and structure when she writes from the different characters' point of view is stunning. Once you get to know the people in the book, you don't even...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-17-2005; RICH OBSERVATION AND LUMINOUS PROSE; This searing, sometimes gothic coming-of-age story is written in luminous prose. No surprise here, for Jayne Anne Phillips has done it before in "Machine Dreams," a novel nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award....; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-25-2002; A Must-Read for Phillips Fans; For devotees of Phillips' writing style, this is a must-have item. This work, more than any others truly exemplifies her rather unique way with words. No other living author could render such a poetic description of urinals; it is, alas,...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-09-2002; A DARK STORY...AND NOT A PRETTY ONE; It's never easy to see -- or imagine -- the innocence of children snatched away by the events in their lives, particularly when it involves adults who are so controlled by the evil they have become that they cannot see the difference...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-29-2006; Angelic book of angels and demons; This book is amazing, Philips's words ring like poetry and the variety of her vocabulary and structure when she writes from the different characters' point of view is stunning. Once you get to know the people in the book, you don't even...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-19-2001; Good writing; bad story; This author clearly has a gift for crafting sentences, and perhaps this book fills the bill completely for some readers. For me, it didn't do the trick. I kept wishing for a character reference chart, as the characters as written were...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-14-1999; Hopeless "Shelter"; After having tried on three separate occasions to work my way through this book, I am left with one question: how many trees were sacrificed to satisfy the author's need to spew self-titillating and turgid offal? In the words of...; read full review | report as inappropriate