The Shack

Wm. Paul Young

Windblown Media, Jun 1, 2011 - Fiction - 304 pages

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 Shift in Thinking-My Big Mistake

User Review  - June - Christianbook.com

I was led to "The Shack" by a relative who considers herself to be a Christian. She highly praised this book. I found the audio version at our library and listened for days while home cooking and ...

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User Review  - JesusIsLord - Christianbook.com

This book by far exceeds the expectations given of it. Amazing how the story goes without referrencing scriptures but there is no doubt that The Word is in it. Loved it and would read it again!

About the author

Wm. Paul Young was born a Canadian and raised among a Stone Age tribe by his missionary parents in the highlands of former New Guinea. He suffered great loss as a child and young adult and now enjoys the "wastefulness of grace" with his family in the Pacific Northwest.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Shack
• Author: Wm. Paul Young
• Edition: reprint, reissue
• Publisher: Windblown Media, 2011
• ISBN: 160941411X, 9781609414115
• Length: 304 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Religious; Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense