About the Book: Supernormal: Childhood Adversity And The Untold Story Of
Resilience
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 parent or sibling with mental illness, being bullied,
living in poverty, being a witness