The Shack Paperback - 2008
by Wm Paul Young
A grieving father receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him to meet in the Oregon wilderness where his daughter has been abducted and murdered. In a world where religion seems to grow increasingly irrelevant, "The Shack" wrestles with the timeless question, "Where is God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain?" Windblown Media
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"After his daughter's murder, a grieving father confronts God with desperate questions -- and finds unexpected answers -- in this riveting and deeply moving #1 NYT bestseller.
When Mackenzie Allen Phillips's youngest daughter Missy is abducted during a family vacation, he remains hopeful that she'll return home. But then, he discovers evidence that she may have been brutally murdered in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness.
Four years later, in this midst of his great sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note that's supposedly from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment, he arrives on a wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change his life forever." - from publisher
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As I sat in the intensive care waiting area at the local hospital after my oldest son had a terrible auto accident I was given this book. The lady that had given it to me had watched me for days as I sat and prayed for my son to be ok. She approached me with this book and said I would love to give you something. So me being a Christian I accepted and graciously said thank you. As I sat and read the book over the next 2 days of going in and out of his room and praying it touched me so. So much that the next visit I had with my son I read him some and every time I would go to his room I would read more and finally he opened his eyes and said thanks momma all I could here was you reading just like you did when I was little. That garden you read to me about is so beautiful. I cherish the book so much that people have asked me to let them read this book so I went and bought another copy just for people to read because this one means so much to me I will not let it out of my hands. I am getting ready to read Cross Roads by him .
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- Title The Shack
- Author Wm Paul Young
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Windblown Media, Newbury Park, Calif
- Publication date 2008-07-01
- Features Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780964729230 / 0964729237
- Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
- Dimensions 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.7 in (20.07 x 13.21 x 1.78 cm)
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Themes
- Religious Orientation: Christian
- Theometrics: Evangelical
- Theometrics: Mainline
- Topical: Christian Interest
- Category Fiction - Religious
- Library of Congress subjects Oregon, Missing children
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2007276931
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- Best of the Year, 01/01/2015, Page 1
- Books & Culture, 01/01/2010, Page 33
- Christian Century, 10/21/2008, Page 11
- Christian Retailing, 07/01/2010, Page 35
- Entertainment Weekly, 08/12/2008, Page 141
- Newsweek, 09/08/2008, Page 15
- People Weekly, 07/25/2011, Page 48
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