Many of us experience pain in our childhoods, and young people face trauma all o
ver the world. How is it possible to recover? Do those abused always go on to hu
rt others? This incredible bestseller has overturned the way we view trauma, by
showing how the extraordinary power of resilience can heal damaged lives. Renown
ed psychoanalyst Boris Cyrulnik has dealt with many young victims of distress an
d he relates stories of children who have been abused, orphaned, fought in wars
and escaped genocide, yet who have not only survived, but grown in the face of a
dversity.
By the way we deal with our memories and emotions, he shows, we can
reshape our lives and transform pain into something stronger - just as a grain
of sand in an oyster becomes a pearl. "Resilience" is not just about resisting;
it is about learning to live. This life-changing book points the way towards hop
e and happiness.
