Ben is the type of person who finds happiness very easily. He is content with his neglectful wife. He is content with his job. He is even content with being a servant to all, placing everyone on a pedestal, never thinking of himself. After a young starlet walks into his life, and begins to place him on a pedestal just as high as the one he places her, he finally begins to question his own happiness. On A Pedestal is not only a book about a finding happiness. It is a book that seeks to define the perception of human. Have we gone to far with what we deem acceptable? Follow Ben through his journey and begin to see the world in a different light.