He is also the author of The Shack, Cross Roads, and Eve. He suffered great loss as a child and young adult and now enjoys the wastefulness of grace with his family in the Pacific Northwest. Paul Young was born a Canadian and raised among a Stone Age tribe by his missionary parents in the highlands of former New Guinea. It's that good!' Eugene Peterson, Professor Emeritus of Spiritual Theology, Regent College, Vancouver, B.C.Ībout The Author Wm. This book has the potential to do for our generation what John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress did for his. Review Quotes 'When the imagination of a writer and the passion of a theologian cross-fefertilize the result is a novel on the order of The Shack. What he finds there will change his life forever. Against his better judgment, he arrives on a wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. 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. But then, he discovers evidence that she may have been brutally murdered in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. When Mackenzie Allen Phillips's youngest daughter Missy is abducted during a family vacation, he remains hopeful that she'll return home. 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 Mediaīook Synopsis 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. Mackenzie Allen Phillipss youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation, and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is. The novel was self-published but became a USA Today bestseller, having sold 1 million copies as of June 8, 2008. About the Book 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. The Shack is a novel by Canadian author William P.

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