The Message

📖 The Scoop

Sam is a struggling songwriter living in Southern California. His career, which recently soared with his first commercial hit, has abruptly stalled from a paralyzing creative block. The very day the tune tops the charts, Sam's wife Merry gives birth to a long-awaited baby. Yet, with his work in high demand and his family in high gear, Sam finds himself both utterly exhausted and hopelessly uninspired. So begins The Message, author and nutritionist Sam Rose's tale of man and Earth that is equal parts rich parable and enriching resource. Rose weaves into his story a treasure trove of health-based and environmental truths that will not only enlighten and save the character Sam, but can serve to set readers on a similarly transforming course toward greater well-being. Months of fractured sleep, coupled with a fast-food diet, have taken their toll. The steady stream of music that once flowed freely through his mind is now bone dry. Panicked by the oncoming wave of parental responsibility and desperate to retrieve his lost vitality and creativity, he answers a cryptic ad in the local paper that leads him to Topanga Canyon and the home of a Native American recluse named Nate. Sam is drawn into an all-encompassing adventure that will change the course of his life. With the wry and wise guidance of Nate, the skeptical Sam reestablishes a connection with planet Earth that forever upends his assumptions about every day life. From food choices to sleep patterns, Sam embarks on a quest for the modern-day Holy Grail: a set of natural laws that forge a path to vibrant health and longevity. Based on truths that are as old as time, though long obscured by forces within the man-made world, this new direction quickly informs every meal, every step, even every breath. With Nate as fatherly linchpin, Sam meets a host of dynamic characters that share his newfound reverence of the natural world. The winsome Heather, a bright nineteen-year-old with a penchant for patchouli oil and tie-dye, sells fruit and vegetables at the Farmer's Market and sings for spare change. Noah, a congenial African American street vendor with uncanny intuition, provides his clientele glimpses into their youthful past, while serving up hot chestnuts and fresh lemonade. The dynamo, Maggie, holds court over her health-food store, a self-avowed labor of love. Al, an ardent United States Senator, is driven to educate everyone on the Earth's precarious ecological state.As Sam comes to understand the inexorable connection between his own health and that of our planet, he uncovers secrets that turn his world inside out, upside-down, and finally, right-side-up again. Rich in gentle humor and age-old wisdom, The Message is a stirring, tender-hearted tale of one man's awakening; chock full of eye-opening knowledge for anyone embarking on the journey to better health.

Genre: Health & Fitness / Diet & Nutrition / Nutrition (fancy, right?)