Metamorphosis : how and why we change

Morland, Polly2016

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Summary

Most of us would like to change something about ourselves, although often we feel that we can't. But change is not an event - it is a process at which we are more skilled than we realise, a metamorphosis that lies within our grasp. Why does a violinist become a police officer, or a monk fall in love? How does someone lose eighteen stone in as many months or a follower of radical Islam turn his back on holy war? What new life can a heartbroken woman find in a new name? And how does a family adapt to the brain injury that changes their son or brother beyond recognition? In 'Metamorphosis', these and other tales combine with a wealth of smart thinking from psychology, philosophy, literature and science to explore how true stories of ordinary and extraordinary transformation can help us to live better, happier lives. [from inside front cover].