In this intimate and revealing book, Boris Cyrulnik offers us a profound reflection on the healing power of love. Survivors of deportations, wars, or genocides, victims of accidents, people living with disabilities, or simply people who have suffered abuse and humiliation find the opportunity to redefine the meaning of pain through their own emotional means, thanks to the bond that comes from finding oneself and the beginning of a loving relationship. Through engaging prose that reads like a love story, Cyrulnik brings the theory of resilience closer to theories about the love bond: an experience that unites us with the world and with life, with others and with ourselves.