Recently, Pastor Troy Dorrell (www.pastordorrell.com) gave me a book that he told me would be “an easy read.” On the flight home from California this past weekend I decided that I needed a diversion from my studying and proceeded to start this “easy read.”

Now I think I know what Pastor Dorrell meant by an easy read (you know, narrative style, fiction, short book, etc.), and I definitely had no trouble reading the book in short order. However, the book was anything but easy to assimilate. It was understandable enough, but packed with convicting truths about how many of us have allowed society’s values to entice and to enslave.

From his vantage point in 1969, H.L. Roush wrote a fictional account of one man’s (Henry’s) discovery of the benefits of our great society. Full of ironies, the book details Henry’s “ascent”–read, descent–into the benefits that come from greater access to technology and travel. Ironically, the life Henry traded in order to obtain the “good life” was the life he endeavored to recapture… but to no avail.

You will see yourself in this book, I promise. Although I probably wouldn’t recommend the Amish-esque lifestyle Roush seems to espouse, I have nonetheless pondered his insightful words and considered seriously the truths he wittily taught.

This book would be a good read for anybody who finds himself trapped by an overwhelming schedule or discontent in spite of great material advantage. Older children and teenagers would probably enjoy the book as well. If you’re interested in an “easy read with some hard truths,” I would recommend Henry and the Great Society.

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