Talking of Love: How to Overcome Trauma and Remake Your Life Story

Talking of Love: How to Overcome Trauma and Remake Your Life Story

by David Macey (Translator), Boris Cyrulnik (Author)

Synopsis

All of us suffer traumatic experiences in our lives, whether it is losing someone close, the end of a love affair or a violent event. Yet we need not be controlled by our pain. Psychoanalyst Boris Cyrulnik, himself a survivor of great trauma, has worked with victims of cruelty and disaster all over the world. Here he draws on a mixture of case histories, parables and personal recollections to explain how - at any stage of life - it is possible to break free from tragedy by translating our suffering into words and creating a place where emotions can be expressed. "Talking of Love" shows that our pain does not have to be our destiny - and that life stories can be rewritten.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 300
Edition: First Thus
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 02 Apr 2009

ISBN 10: 0141025794
ISBN 13: 9780141025797

Author Bio
Boris Cyulnik is, beyond a doubt, resilient. Born in 1937, his parents were deported to a concentration camp during the Second World War. They never returned. His personal trauma helped him develop his belief that trauma is not destiny: rather, we find strength in the face of problems. Working all around the world, he has helped individuals and countries come to terms with their pasts and create a new life for themselves. Hailed as the book that healed France, Talking of Love on the Edge of a Precipice was on the French bestseller lists for forty-five weeks.