Gin Phillipsis the author of the Barnes and Noble Discover Prize winning novelThe Well and the Mine. She lives in Birmingham, Alabama.
“With a sure hand . . . Phillips, weaves this strand of the
supernatural through a compelling modern story of love and
loss.”—San Francisco Chronicle
“Phillips’s writing is . . . brimming with imagery. . . . Her
greatest talent is her ability to create the world of the story.
Come In and Cover Me moves us into the earth. The dusty landscape
serves as both setting and metaphor, a beautiful but dangerous
place where a sudden loss of footing can prove fatal.”—Brunonia
Barry, The Washington Post
“As graceful and emotionally true as Phillips’ debut—and, in
its thoroughly researched reimagining of the American Southwest’s
prehistoric Mimbres culture and its leap into supernatural
territory without once losing its credibility or riveting story
line, surpasses it. . . . Amid a sensually sketched setting of rock
formations, mesquite and juniper, narrow canyons, and night skies,
Ren and Silas work side by side and try to bridge the growing
distance between them. As the natural and supernatural worlds
coalesce, both recent and ancient history become more insistently
present, yielding an original and strikingly beautiful ending.”
Kate Christensen, Elle
“A smart, engrossing ghost story . . . Haunting, compelling and
lyrical . . . A moving, well-crafted story brought to life through
believable characters, vivid details and honest prose. Phillips has
provided the reader with a true find—an ending surprising,
satisfying and memorable novel that illustrates the power of good
storytelling.”—Bookpage “Moving. . . . Phillips adroitly
sidesteps sentiment, enriching Ren’s world with depth and detail.
While studying the Mimbres tribes of the Southwest, Ren utilizes
her gift of seeing and communicates with ghosts at the sites she
excavates to find out where to dig and how the uncovered artifacts
were used. Ren’s passion for personalizing her work, attributing
artifacts to specific individuals and striving to tell their
stories, causes disagreements with Silas, who can’t believe her
approach really works. In this and other exchanges, Phillips nicely
illustrates the conflict between masculine reason and feminine
intuition.”—Publishers Weekly “A lush, glowing, truly
enjoyable work.”—Library Journal (starred) “Phillips handles
Ren’s communication with ghosts with enough delicacy to be
persuasive, enhances the appeal of archaeology by personalizing its
discoveries, and vividly illustrates the need to share oneself with
loved ones.”—Booklist
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