Altering fate

Daring to challenge prevailing models of child development, this provocative book from eminent psychologist Michael Lewis persuasively argues that childhood experiences neither determine who we later become nor limit what we can do. Just as our world, with its randomness, catastrophes, and chance encounters, is unpredictable in nature, Lewis shows, so too is the course of our lives. What enables us to survive - and sets us free from our pasts - is our astonishing adaptability to change, shaped by the uniquely human attributes of consciousness, will, and desire. Bringing a fresh perspective to…