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In the tradition of the religious classics The Shack and The Screwtape Characters comes a captivating and poignant debut novel from the revered Jesuit priest and New York Times best-selling writer of Jesus and The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything. A divorced single mommy, Anne can scarcely manage life and challenges to seem sensible of the fatality of her young child. A former architect with a promising career, Mark works as a handyman and wonders how his life acquired off track. The abbot of the Abbey of Saints Philip and Wayne, Father Paul sometimes questions whether he made the right decision in secluding himself so carefully from the world. At this Pa abbey, this unlikely trio will quickly realize the answers they seek - a miracle of desire and understanding that bears witness to the power of God to bring therapeutic and wholeness to your lives. Written with the compassion, insight, and warmness of his earlier best sellers - Jesus, Between Heaven and Mirth, and The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything - Father Wayne Martin's debut novel is infused with profound spiritual knowledge, wry laughter, and loving elegance. Through his personas' challenges, questions, and crises, we see firsthand how God uses our worries, anger, questions, prayers, failures, and longings to help us complete ourselves and feel wholly liked.