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The Shack

by William P Young

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ISBN13: 9780964729230
ISBN10: 0964729237
Condition: Standard
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Synopsis:

Mackenzie Allen Philips' youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later in the midst of his "Great Sadness," Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment he arrives at the shack on a wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change Mack's world forever. 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?" The answers Mack gets will astound you and perhaps transform you as much as it did him. You'll want everyone you know to read this book!

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Mackenzie Allen Phillips's youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation, and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later, in this midst of his great sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment he arrives at the shack on wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change his life forever.

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A grieving father receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him to meet in the Oregon wilderness where his daughter was brutally murdered. What he learns there is transforming readers around the world.
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BookLoverST, December 9, 2009 (view all comments by BookLoverST)
I hate to say this because I know a lot of people who loved this book, but it just didn't cut it for me.
I picked up this book because it was compared to the likes of Forgiving Ararat (by Gita Nazareth) and The Lovely Bones (by Alice Sebold). I was a little disappointed.
Personally, I would suggest readers to pick up Forgiving Ararat to see for themselves, Nazareth's use of death as a platform of love and forgiveness. Compared to The Shack, I find that Forgiving Ararat was more touching and thought-provoking.
Would love to know how other readers feel.
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shanelee, December 6, 2009 (view all comments by shanelee)
If you liked "The Shack", try “Forgiving Ararat”, the first novel from Gita Nazareth, a unique and inspiring afterlife adventure! The book’s heroine is Brek Cuttler, a 31-year-old lawyer, wife and mother who happens to be recently deceased. Leaving behind her new baby daughter and her TV reporter husband, Brek suddenly finds herself sitting in a deserted train station, not yet aware of her own passing. She meets Luas, who reveals she has come to a place called Shemaya, the place between life and death, Heaven and Hell. Luas looks like a combination of people she knows; he appears to each soul as they expect or desire to see him. In fact, much of what Brek sees is only because it’s what she wants to see. When she wants, she sees herself dressed in her favorite black silk suit but alternately she’s naked and bloody, three bullet holes in her chest. She can’t remember how she died and won’t until she’s ready.

We travel with Brek as she explores Shemaya, a place where all four seasons exist at once, where her long-dead great-grandmother waits with open arms, where God judges arriving souls and decides their eternal fate. Luas tells Brek she is to join his team of elite lawyers, charged with representing souls in the Final Judgment. As she clings desperately to her earthly life, in agony longing for her family, she struggles with her new job in the afterlife. To learn her new trade, she observes the trials of other souls, viewing glimpses of their lives through their own eyes. As she watches their lives unfold, connections form, leading her to solve the mystery of her own death. Meantime, she recalls pivotal moments in her own life; she puts childhood friends “on trial” for crayfish murder, she struggles to accept her parents’ divorce, and she confesses her deepest and darkest secret. And we see it is justice she’s been after since childhood, that’s why she became a lawyer. And it is justice she seeks in death.

Religious themes are prevalent throughout the novel, mostly Judeo-Christian with some hints of Buddhism. Raised Catholic, Brek is drawn to Judaism, the religion of her husband. With Brek we visit the Garden of Eden and sway on the deck with Noah. And it is the afterlife after all, so she eats whatever she wants without gaining an ounce, she shops without money, she climbs mountains without breaking a sweat, and she travels to whatever destination she imagines. Well-drawn characters from her life and those she meets after death are woven in adding to the suspense.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book! The author drew me in so deeply, I felt Brek’s emotions as if they were my own. The author creates an image of the afterlife that is altogether beautiful, frightening, gory, inspiring, mysterious, joyful and sad. I think anyone regardless of their beliefs, can gain something from this book. It’s a murder mystery, supernatural thriller and a theological debate all rolled into one. Clever and imaginative, “Forgiving Ararat” is a fulfilling read!
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rhymoon, November 7, 2009 (view all comments by rhymoon)
I guess it is time for someone who did not like this book to steak out, I hated it.
First, I'm very spiritual, and found this book the 4 big “S's.”, Silly-Sugary-Syrupy-Stupid.
A dumb fairy tale. But fairy tales are for preschoolers, NOT ADULTS!
Come on people.
Get real! Grow-up! Stop reading fairy tales.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780964729230
Author:
Young, William P
Publisher:
Windblown Media
Editor:
Jacobsen, Wayne
Editor:
Cummings, Brad
Author:
Young, William P.
Subject:
Christian - General
Subject:
Life change events
Subject:
Missing children
Subject:
Christian - Suspense
Subject:
Suspense fiction
Subject:
Oregon
Copyright:
2007
Publication Date:
July 2008
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
248
Dimensions:
8.02x5.17x.69 in. .47 lbs.
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