Supernormal
Childhood Adversity and the Untold Story of Resilience
$41.20
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
21 February 2018
Summary
In this seminal new study of resilience, Meg Jay tells the stories of a diverse group of people who have overcome trauma in their childhoods to go on and live successful lives as adults. These are the ‘supernormal’, who having shouldered greater than average hardship as children defy expectation and achieve better than average success as adults. But how, and at what cost?
Whether it was experiencing parental divorce, or growing up with an alcohol or drug-abusing parent, living with a …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781786892997 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1786892995 |
| Author: | Meg Jay |
| Publisher: | Canongate Books |
| Imprint: | Canongate Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 21 February 2018 |
| Weight: | 500g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 150mm x 30mm |
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Required reading
This extraordinary book taught me more about resilience than anything else I’ve read. With the ear of a therapist and the voice of a novelist, Meg Jay delves deep into the human condition to illuminate how we find strength after suffering. It’s impossible to read Supernormal without seeing yourself in it - and without seeing yourself more clearly too – ADAM GRANT, New York Times bestselling author of ORIGINALS, and OPTION B with Sheryl Sandberg
Adversity is much more common than we think. But so is resilience, as Meg Jay reveals in this remarkable book. With a storyteller’s grace and a clinician’s insight, Jay explains how everyday superheroes triumph over traumas of every kind - and how you can use their inspiration and lessons to transform your own life – DANIEL PINK, author of Drive
Bracing * * Elle on The Defining Decade * *
Required reading * * Slate on The Defining Decade * *
Will inspire, motivate, and educate – RACHEL SIMMONS, author of The Good Girl on The Defining Decade
Eye-opening, important, and a pleasure to read – WENDY MOGEL, author of The Blessing of a Skinned Knee and The Blessing of a B Minus on The Defining Decade
About The Author
Meg Jay
Meg Jay, PhD, is a clinical psychologist who specialises in adult development. She is an assistant clinical professor at University of Virginia, and maintains a private practice in Charlottesville, Virginia. Jay earned a doctorate in clinical psychology, and in gender studies, from University of California, Berkeley. Her first book, The Defining Decade, has sold more than 200,000 copies, and inspired one of the most-watched TED talks of all time.
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