The Shadow Doctor - Hardcover

Plass, Adrian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1444745476 ISBN 13: 9781444745474

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, 2017

Synopsis

The Shadow Doctor isn't your usual kind of doctor. Sure, you can bring him your problems - but the chances are his solutions will blow your mind. This man can see into your soul, and the cures he prescribes don't come from the 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.

But the Shadow Doctor has shades of his own, and the work of helping others may be the only thing keeping him afloat. Can he stay ahead of the demons that torment him long enough to help those who need him?

About this title

About the Author

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.

Review

A 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 Blog

Adrian 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 Middle

Adrian Plass has a rare capacity to tell stories with both humour and poignancy.―The Baptist Times

The Shadow Doctor is a brilliantly crafted and thoroughly engaging story. This is Adrian Plass at his best!―Wm Paul Young - Author of The Shack

I enjoyed the read and found the characters are very human and likeable.―Moira Ritchie, Woman Alive

With 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 Blog

This 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 Magazine

There 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 Times

The novel offers hope in the dark night of the soul and will help many who read it.―Methodist Recorder

The 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 Magazine

About this edition

• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1444745476
• ISBN 13: 9781444745474
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192