The Shack by William Paul Young

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. This review is from Amazon.com

This book was donated by Ethel Grover and is now ready to be checked out.  It's on the booktruck in the Narthex.

Wesley the Owl by Stacey O’Brien

On Valentine’s Day 1985 biologist Stacey O’Brien first met a four-day-old baby barn owl–a fateful encounter that would turn into an astonishing 19-year saga. With nerve damage in one wing, the owlet’s ability was forever compromised, and he had no hope of surviving on his own in the wild. O’Brien, a young assistant in the owl laboratory at Caltech, was immediately smitten, promising to care for the helpless owlet and give him a permanent home. Wesley the Owl is the funny, poignant story of their dramatic two decades together.

Jeanette’s note: Stacey also provides a lot of insight into the world of scientists and into the fascinating nature of animal life, both physical and spiritual.

This book  was donated by Ethel Grover and is now cataloged and ready to check out.  Find it on the book truck in the Narthex.