Letters to God

By Patrick Doughtie and Heather Doughtie

“I thought maybe God didn’t hear me, so I decided to write him a letter.”In his search for a special compass, a young boy writes a letter to God and reveals, to himself and others, the miracle of God’s hand in every situation.This book is inspired by the true story of Tyler, whose life is told in the major motion picture Letters to God. Patrick and Heather Doughtie, authors and parents of the real-life Tyler, share the endearing story of their son’s inspiring and contagious faith.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Release date: Sep 21, 2010
• ISBN: 9780310423751

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.

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Reviews for Letters to God

[Edgar Sirucha Simiyu · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

beautiful prose, I loved the story inspires me to write 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.