The Shack, William P. YoungMackenzie 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

Together they come to understand the heroism of resisting

Many who have attained rock-star status in their fields may have education

Something which threatens the happiness of their whole family

As she deepens her search

and an array of unforgettable characters around the world

While an unlikely new friendship appears to offer a way out of this bind

and depth of human insight mark it as a crucial and transcendent work of modern fiction

but no dust jacket

Just one problem

It's Bossypants meets Trainwreck meets your long weekend

Our narrator should be happy

renowned Bible teacher Swindoll analyzes the impact of the Old Testament prophet