Lifes challenges interfere with contributors to happiness like family, job and home. For example, hope for that dream house is dashed by a failed business. A selfish decision splits the family. The magnitude of lifes challenges is enhanced by the passage of time. Before problems can be resolved, months, even years pass. Amid so many challenges and time pressures, the grass is sure to appear greener on the other side! How about bringing over the greener grass from the other side? Espousing love will prioritize the contributors to your happiness. Through love you can share your experiences with lifes challenges and fleeting time can be invested with loved ones. You will take command of your life and know true happiness!

本作は、隣の芝生を羨む人間の性（さが）と時の残酷さを鋭く抉り出した傑作です。ヒュエットは夢の挫折を通じ、愛による再生という希望を熱く描きます。読者は頁を捲るたびに、人生の優先順位を激しく揺さぶられ、真の幸福を掴むための覚悟を突きつけられるでしょう。 映像版では理想と現実の対比が鮮烈に具現化されていますが、原作に宿る緻密な心理描写と内省的な深みは、活字でしか味わえない至高の領域です。映像の情緒と書物の内省が響き合う時、他者と比較しない真の幸福が心に芽吹きます。この双方向の体験こそが、物語をより崇高なものへと昇華させるのです。