The Book of the Shepherd: The Story of One Simple Prayer, and How It Changed the World

Authors: Davis, Joann
Publisher: HarperStudio
BISAC/Subject: REL062000, REL000000, REL036000
ISBN: 9780061959226, Related ISBNs: 0061959227, 9780061732409, 9780061959226
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 224,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: The Book of the Shepherd by Joann Davis, author of The Best Things in Life Aren’t Things, tells the story of three travelers on an uncertain journey toward “the new way.” Set in a mythical time in an unnamed land, The Book of the Shepherd follows the shepherd, a small boy, and a former slave as they discover that sometimes the greatest treasures are inside us all along. In the words of Paulo Coelho, this book is an “inspiring and moving fable.”
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