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The Shack

Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity

  • Bestseller
  • Paperback
  • 256 pages
  • Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
  • 13.3 x 19.7 x 2 cm

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For fans of powerful, life-changing fiction

The Shack is a novel of one man's encounter with God amidst severe loss

Discover the bestselling book that shared a God of love and compassion

You've seen the film, now read the powerful Christian novel which became an international bestseller and changed lives across the world.
Anna Hockley

Anna Hockley

Eden Christian Books Specialist

'The Shack', from first time novelist William Paul Young, gives you a run-away best selling novel with a surprising and unconventional explanation of The Trinity and a refreshing view of God's grace and all accepting love.

With its story of the restoration of a man torn in two by grief and guilt, The Shack has become a landmark in Christian faith based fiction. Opening up the understanding of The Trinity even to those with no deep knowledge of theology the New York Times bestseller sparked praise and controversy in equal amounts at all levels of church involvement - from new Christians to theological scholars.

Reasons to buy and give 'The Shack' by William Paul Young:

For an engaging novel of life changing divine love and grace

To discover God in a world filled with unspeakable pain

For a new and unconventional explanation of the Holy Trinity

To appreciate the all embracing comfort and acceptance of God

For a novel that introduces another to faith based fiction

To begin the process of restoration in one torn by grief and loss

---- The Shack - Where tragedy confronts eternity

The faith based novel that caused a stir in the church and in literary circles, 'The Shack' is a book people should read before making their own judgement. It is a fantastic growing phenomenon, as originally The Shack was never intended to be published and its initial production produced 14 copies that were intended for friends. That has now risen to the production and the selling of over 4 million copies worldwide and becoming a New York Times bestseller.

---- The Shack - Plot of a Deeply Spiritual Novel

The pain in this novel is that 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, ostensibly from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgement he arrives at the shack on a wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare.

---- The Author - About William Paul Young

William Paul Young, known by his friends and family as Paul is a self-proclaimed 'accidental' author with 'The Shack' being originally written for his 6 children as a present. He wrote as a way to provide unique gifts to his friends and family and this was the birth of 'The Shack'. Living in Canada with his wife and children Paul was raised by missionary parents and he has lived a life where he created his shack, which he describes as a place that is filled with issues and hurt.

"When the imagination of a writer and the passion of a theologian cross-fertilize the result is a novel of the order of The Shack."

- Eugene Peterson, author of The Message.

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  • Author

    Wm Paul Young

  • Book Format

    paperback

  • Publisher

    Hodder and Stoughton

  • Published

    July 2008

  • Weight

    180g

  • Page Count

    256

  • Dimensions

    13.3 x 19.7 x 2 cm

  • ISBN

    9780340979495

  • ISBN-10

    0340979496

  • Eden Code

    1230004

“The Christian fiction sensational that set the reading world ablaze, The Shack is the bestselling phenomenon everyone should read, Christian and Non-Christian.”

“Mackenzie’s nightmare is turned upside down when he receives a mysterious letter inviting him back to the place that plagues his thoughts day and night – the shack where his daughter was murdered. When he opens the door to his nightmares, God visits him and together they have a heated discussion about the unspeakable suffering that happens every day in our world.”

“When you mix creative writing with passionate theology the result is a novel that captures the imagination of a large audience. Read by millions, The Shack continues to inspire new relationships with Jesus and reignite the older ones. Read some of the customer reviews below to see what Eden.co.uk customers think about the book.”

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  • RB

    Rachel Brookings

    Average rating of5.0

    I’ve never read a book that challenges my thoughts and beliefs like this story. First try, I couldn’t get passed the first few chapters that left me grieving and angry for what happened to one of the characters. When I picked it up again, I couldn’t put it down. It provides a new way of looking at God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit that truly makes you think. But greater than that it’s the way the writer delves into the deep, dark thoughts about justice and grace, mercy and love. One of those books you never forget. And there’s a film too.

  • JT

    Janice To

    Average rating of5.0

    Such a moving book

  • WE

    Wendy Egerton

    Average rating of5.0

    "Oh no", I thought at a strategic moment in the novel "The Shack", not another 'and he woke up and found it was all a dream' ending. Of course it wasn't the finish and it wasn't all a dream. Mackenzie Allen Phillips, or 'Mack' as he is known, blames himself for youngest daughter Missy's abduction, and a "great sadness" envelops him, causing him, at one point, to understandably feel suicidal. In short, as he later admits, he's a mess. He begins receiving letters in his postbox inviting him to visit "papa", his wife Nan's name for God. Eventually he decides to take up the offer and to centre a search for Missy, or her body, at The Shack. When he arrives there it is a run-down, delapidated building with blood stains on the floor. He leaves the building and when he returns it has been transformed into a warm and cheery home, where the Holy Trinity await to serve him a meal and offer him a room for a while. "Papa", or rather should it be "Mama", Elousia is a large African-American woman and represents God the father. Jesus (God the son) is a younger casually dressed man, while other-worldly Sarayu is, of course, the Holy Spirit. They are all divine and yet human. Gradually they, along with Sophia "the judge", begin to teach him about self-forgiveness, forgiveness of others and that living the Christian life doesn't mean adopting a liestyle that is restricted by lots of legalistic, unnecessary and dogmatic rules, in fact just as Jesus tells us in the New Testament. In short, "Mack" is transformed by his experience, as the novel's ending shows, even though the shack isn't. This has to be one of the most heartwarming and cheering books I've ever read, in the way it demonstrates that God is with us to help us through it and shares our distress and pain when tragedy or disaster strike. Enjoy.

  • SB

    S Bradshaw

    Average rating of5.0

    I was a bit sceptical that the story sounded upsetting, however I read on and am very glad I did. My first read was from a relative's neighbour, who kindly lent it. It moved me to tears several times. It's wonderful to be able to read about other people's journeys in faith and affirm how God is always with us. This copy was bought to share.

  • SB

    S Bradshaw

    Average rating of5.0

    I was a bit sceptical that the story sounded upsetting, however I read on and am very glad I did. My first read was from a relative's neighbour, who kindly lent it. It moved me to tears several times. It's wonderful to be able to read about other people's journeys in faith and affirm how God is always with us. This copy was bought to share.

  • EC

    Eden Customer

    Average rating of1.0

    A miserable book which rejects the Scriptural God of the Bible... can't believe how many folks on here have given it above 1 star. Just shows the state of 'christianity' nowadays. Itching ears, anyone?

  • EC

    Eden Customer

    Average rating of5.0

    I loved this book, I have read it 3 times so far and it is a book I will keep forever to re read time and again.

  • EC

    Eden Customer

    Average rating of1.0

    Having read the book twice, I found the book full of error and the way William Young treats the trinity is unBiblical, unfortunately he mis-represents God's truth. Alot of people are reading this but unfortunately they are not getting the true God of the Bible. The Shack undermines the atonement of Jesus, Christ died for our sins because we deserve punishment for our sins - William Young leaves out that God punishes sin and therefore distorts the word of God.

  • EC

    Eden Customer

    Average rating of5.0

    This book touched me in a way that I never expected. It opened my eyes to 'see' God in a way that I needed Him to be, when I could not relate to Him as a father-figure.God in His wisdom knows exactly what we need & He adapts so that He can reach us on a deeper level. There is so much to take in, that I think you will need to read this book several times to fully appreciate it.

  • EC

    Eden Customer

    Average rating of3.0

    Is this a book you read for entertainment? if so, I found the first quarter compelling, I loved the way it is written.. but after that it starts to get weird and less interesting. If however it is to be taken seriously as a view of God at work in people's lives, I am uncomfortable about the casual way in which the author treats the subject, seeming to make up his own view of God rather than basing it on what we know from the bible. And I'm not just referring to the issue of God's gender.

  • Question
    Les Ellison

    I've finished The Shack. What might be a good book to read after that - one with the same kind of themes and style. I don't want anything heavy.

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