Born for Love: Why Empathy Is Essential--and Endangered

Bruce D. Perry · Maia Szalavitz

Sep 2015 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Corey M. Snow

About this audiobook

From birth, when babies' fingers instinctively cling to those of adults, their bodies and brains seek an intimate connection-a bond made possible by empathy, the remarkable ability to love and to share the feelings of others. In this unforgettable book, award-winning science journalist Maia Szalavitz and renowned child-psychiatrist Bruce D. Perry explain how empathy develops, why it is essential both to human happiness and for a functional society, and how it is threatened in a modern world.

About the author

Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD, is a senior fellow of the ChildTrauma Academy. He has served as a consultant to the FBI and is the former chief of psychiatry at Texas Children's Hospital.

Maia Szalavitz is an award-winning journalist who specializes in science and health. She is the author of Unbroken Brain and Help at Any Cost.

Corey M. Snow is a full-time audiobook narrator and voice talent from the great Pacific Northwest, working from his home studio in Olympia, Washington. In his life before becoming a narrator he has been a typesetter, a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division, a software developer, and much more.