Moffatt (psychology, Atlanta Christian College, Georgia) has written mostly about crime and aggression, and this book began a decade ago as a study of trauma, but ended up being about how
people survive and grow from it. After an introductory chapter on trauma and resiliency, he cites examples from the Holocaust, spinal injury, abuse, violent crime, and genocide in Rwanda. Then
he discusses protective factors and seven lies that prevent recovery, clinical intervention and recovery, and the meaning of life. Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
