Letters to God: From the Major Motion Picture

Written by Patrick Doughtie and John Perry

Narrated by Kate Mulligan

This audio download novel is inspired by the major motion picture, Letters to God, scheduled for theatrical release in spring 2010. Viewers of the film will be eager to hear more of this inspiring story. Tyler, a nine-year-old boy, is stricken with incurable brain cancer and begins to write letters to God. He turns his suffering into spiritual lessons for his widowed mother, his embittered adolescent brother, and a troubled postman. Letters to God probes some of the most important and most-often-asked questions that trouble people of faith: “Why do we suffer?” “Where is God?” “Why do godly, faithful children have to battle cancer?” This inspiring story of hope will help people from all walks work toward greater understanding of God’s presence and care.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Release date: Mar 9, 2010
• ISBN: 9780310597377

Patrick Doughtie

Before focusing his creative energies on fiction, Patrick Doughtie honed his artistic skills as a newspaperman, recording artist, and screenwriter. He was one of the youngest newspaper general managers in California when he and one of his four brothers decided to move to Nashville to pursue a music career. In 1996, after his son Tyler was born, Patrick left the late nights and long trips of the music world to start a construction business in Nashville. After his son’s death in 2005, he began his career as a screenwriter. Patrick has written five screenplays and two short-subject scripts in a variety of genres: comedy, drama, thriller, action, and a children’s story.

Reviews for Letters to God

[sherylhendrix · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This novel reads like a non-fiction book about a young boy inspired through his late father's letters to God to write his own letters to God when he finds himself faced with a life-threatening illness. While the boy's childlike faith might strike some as contrived or unlikely, I have seen this kind of faith and courage in youngsters in real life, as well as the very realistic reactions of the older brother who feels abandoned and the mom who cannot comprehend why double tragedy would enter her life. Perhaps my favorite part of the book, though, was the uncharacteristic compassion and insight provided the boy by the grandfather of his best friend. A quick read, this one's a winner.