Born For Love: Why Empathy Is Essential--And Endangered [Paperback]

“Bruce Perry is both a world-class creative scientist and a compassionate therapist.”

—Mary Pipher, author ofReviving Ophelia

Born for Loveis the definitive book on empathy. Renowned psychiatrist Bruce Perry has appeared onOprah,CNN, National Public Radio’sAllThings Considered,and other programsas an expert in this hot area ofneuroscience, and has been cited as such inNewsweek,theNew York Times,andThe New Yorker(in a story written by Malcolm Gladwell). He and co-writer MaiaSzalavitzexplore empathy’s startling importance in human evolution and its significance for our children and our society. The authors ofThe Boy Who was Raised as al!