Police officers arrive and learn about this from the ranger, Mack. Mack runs to save his son, but he’s distraught when he realizes that Missy has disappeared.Ī camper tells the forest ranger that he saw a girl in the back of a truck who was crying as it left. Kate tries waving at Mack from the canoe but she capsizes it and Josh gets trapped under water. Missy sits at a picnic table with Mack watching over her. Touched by this question and wanting to reassure her daughter of God’s love for them, Mack assured her that she will never have to do anything like that.Įverything is going fine until the last day of their trip, when Kate and Josh decide to play in a canoe. Later that night, Missy asked if God would ever ask her to sacrifice herself like the princess did. On the way, they stopped at Multnomah waterfall where Mack told Missy a story about a princess who sacrificed herself to save her tribe. Three years ago, Mack took his children on a camping trip. She prays for answers from Papa/God every day when she gets home from work at her job as a nurse at St Francis Hospital where she works with Dr Gopal Nayar (the author). Meanwhile, Nan calls Mack and tells him that she is worried about their oldest daughter Kate who has been distant lately.

Then, he receives an invitation to go up to a shack that weekend signed by Papa-Nan’s nickname for God-which sends shivers down his spine because it reminds him of all the pain and suffering in the world around him. His sadness makes him angry and fearful of what’s going on in his life. He thinks about how sad he feels, which he refers to as The Great Sadness. The story opens with a man named Mack who is watching the snow fall from his home office. Now he is happily married to Nan with five children.

Mack had a difficult childhood because his father was an alcoholic and beat him up all the time. Willie, the narrator of the story, introduces his friend Mack. 1-Page Summary of The Shack Overall Summary

The shack by william paul young