The Shadow Doctor is a brilliantly crafted and thoroughly engaging story. This is Adrian Plass at his best!,
Wm Paul Young - Author of The ShackAdrian does what he does best, he makes you question the things that you have trusted and felt to be true about your beliefs in God, Church, Prayer, Faith...It is a breath of fresh air that moves away from the gimmicks of some modern Christianity and more towards an expressible spirituality that keeps Christ at the centre.,
One Man in the MiddleThere are some nice one-liners, but it is mostly a serious look at what grief and misery do even to those who have faith..For me, it was a reminder to help whoever crosses your path, without stopping to ask why. I urge you strongly to read it.,
The Church TimesThe novel offers hope in the dark night of the soul and will help many who read it.,
Methodist RecorderThis new title will delight followers of Adrian Plass as well as many others who like a good mystery... C. S. Lewis's Screwtape Letters comes to mind.,
Together MagazineAdrian Plass has a rare capacity to tell stories with both humour and poignancy.,
The Baptist TimesThe novel has traces of Plass's trademark wit. It also contains deep truths that slowly creep up on the reader. This novel successfully avoids Christian cliche or easy answers and develops into a tale of faith and hope.,
Christianity MagazineWith deftness and understanding the author sets the stage and introduces the characters. On turning the page I felt rather as if they had departed a perfectly dressed stage and left me staring at it as they exited to the wings.,
The Preacher’s BlogA beautiful, painful and deeply honest book about how hard life can be, how we think it should be and how it actually is...I read this book with an ache in my heart but I finished it with such hope for the journey. I am profoundly grateful for the sacrifice Plass obviously made in writing this book.,
Understanding Alice BlogI enjoyed the read and found the characters are very human and likeable. -- Moira Ritchie,
Woman Alive
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In this new novel Adrian Plass, bestselling author of the
Sacred Diary series, explores what might happen if you could book an appointment with a doctor who could help you with your deepest spiritual wounds, not just a headache.
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About the Author
Adrian Plass is one of the most-loved Christian writers in the UK. He is the bestselling author of The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass Aged 37 - which with its various sequels has sold millions of copies around the world. A somewhat bemused Anglican, Adrian and his wife Bridget live in the north of England travel widely to speak in churches, prisons, schools, and at festivals and literary events in the UK and around the world.
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From the Back Cover
I'm sorry, are you saying that you think I should kill myself?'
He tucked his elbows in against his ribs, and raised and lowered his hands in parallel with each other, as though he was balancing an argument.
'Of the two options you mentioned, that's definitely the one I would go for. Living the rest of your life in misery, or taking one simple step to make it all go away - well, there's no contest, is there? That's what I think.'
We sat without speaking for a few moments after that. I felt as if something had ended badly. Coldly. Just one comfortable platitude, surely? Doc broke the silence.
'There is one other alternative that you may not have considered.'
Back on track. I breathed in through my nose with relief, preparing myself to be kind but dismissive.
'And what is that?'
Pause.
'Scrabble.
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From the Inside Flap
In a dark clearing in the woods, a man screams in despair. Will anyone hear?
The Shadow Doctor isn't like other doctors. This man can see deep into your soul, and the cures he prescribes aren't available from the local pharmacy. If you have fears you just cannot face, wounds you can't even bear to remember - if you've been abused, ignored, damaged by all life throws at you - the Shadow Doctor is here to help.
Jack's grandmother has died recently, leaving him a letter - and when he opens it, a business card with the Shadow Doctor's number on it falls out. In his life and his faith, Jack likes to deal in certainties - but when he finally calls the Doc, what he thought he knew starts turning upside down. The Doc never says or does what Jack expects, and somehow that seems to be just what people need.
But as they get to know each other better, Jack starts to realise that the Shadow Doctor has shades of his own, and the work of helping others may be the only thing keeping him afloat. Can the Doc beat back his own demons long enough to help those who need him most?
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From the Publisher
Adrian Plass is the author of
The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass Aged 37 - this and its various sequels have sold millions of copies around the world. A somewhat bemused Anglican, Adrian and his wife Bridget live in Co Durham and recently spent two years as part of the Scargill Community as well as speaking in churches prisons, schools, festivals and literary events in the UK and around the world.
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kindle_edition edition.
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