Born for Love

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

—Mary Pipher, author of *Reviving Ophelia* **

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*Born for Love* *is th* e definitive book on empathy. Renowned psychiatrist Bruce Perry has appeared on *Oprah,* CNN, National Public Radio’s *All* *Things Considered,* *and other programs* as an expert in this hot area of neuroscience, and has been cited as such in *Newsweek,* the *New York Times,* *and The New Yorker* (in a story written by Malcolm Gladwell). He and co-writer Maia Szalavitz explore empathy’s startling importance in human evolution and its significance for our children and our society. The authors of *The Boy Who was Raised as a Dog* present a powerful case that love is essential…and endangered.