Mackenzie's youngest daughter is murdered while on a camping trip. Years later, consumed by grief and anger at a God who let it happen, he receives a mysterious invitation to return to the shack where she died. What follows is one of the most searingly honest explorations of grief, theodicy and forgiveness ever written in fiction. Young does not offer easy answers. He offers something far more valuable: a God who sits with you in the worst place you have ever been and refuses to leave. For any reader who is angry, broken or simply unable to believe that healing is possible, The Shack is a profound and often challenging companion.