Surviving Survival

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Surviving Survival is written by Laurence Gonzales and published by W. W. Norton & Company. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0393089908 (ISBN 10) and 9780393089905 (ISBN 13).

You have survived the crisis—trauma, disease, accident, or war—now how do you get your life back? A traumatic or near-death experience can change every aspect of the survivor’s being. It can erase the body’s learned adaptations, and in some cases, those who live through such a shock suffer more in the aftermath than they did during the actual crisis. In all cases, they must work hard to reinvent themselves. Combining harrowing tales of survival with lucid explanations of the science behind the body’s reactions to trauma, Surviving Survival offers a valuable and “intriguing argument about the adaptability of the human spirit” (National Geographic Traveler).