A simple book, but tackles a lot in a few pages. If you're looking for a theodicy, you may find one here; but I would most strongly recommend this book to someone who is struggling not with the idea of suffering but with suffering. That is who it is written for. I mailed it to my aunt who has been suffering (physically) and she seemed very encouraged through the book.

I compare this book to Terence Fretheim's Old Testament theological work, The Suffering of God, and this is like a simple version of that book.

Powerful, brief, with good theology and a solid background within. ( )