'The Shack': Why the Movie Adaptation of the Best-Selling Book Is a Must See
Written by Christian author William P. Young and published in 2007, The Shack went largely ignored for almost a year. By 2008, though, the book's fate had changed; word-of-mouth promotion in churches and Christian radio stations led evangelicals across the world to pick up a copy, and soon it was a New York Times bestseller. By May 2010, The Shack had sold over 10 million copies, and it's now been translated into over thirty languages. It's no real surprise that the book has now been adapted into a film, which promises to be a Hollywood blockbuster. But what makes this story so important?