Why are many of the most successful people plagued by feelings of empti-

ness and alienation? This wise and profound book has provided thousands of

readers with an answer--and has helped them to apply it to their own lives.

Far too many of us had to learn as children to hide our own feelings, needs,

and memories skillfully in order to meet our parents expectations and win

their "love." Alice Miller writes, "When I used the word gifted in the title, I

had in mind neither children who receive high grades in school nor children

talented in a special way. I simply meant all of us who have survived an

abusive childhood thanks to an ability to adapt even to unspeakable cruelty

by becoming numb Without this gift offered us by nature, we would

not have survived." But merely surviving is not enough. The Drama of the

Gifted Child helps us to reclaim our life by discovering our own crucial

needs and our own truth.

【瑞士】爱丽丝•米勒（Alice Miller）

一位以关注儿童早期心理创伤及其对成年生活影响而闻名世界的心理学家。她颠覆了传统的儿童心理学观点，提醒世人注意到父母对儿童的侵犯所带来的影响，并在欧洲引起巨大共鸣。米勒出生在波兰犹太家庭，第二次世界大战期间在纳粹的迫害中幸存，1946年获得奖学金进入瑞士最古老的巴塞尔大学，1953年起陆续获得哲学、心理学和社会学博士学位，并接受精神分析训练。米勒2010年辞世，享年87岁，留下许多脍炙人口的著作，为广大读者拓宽了看待儿童心理学的视野。代表作有：《身体不会说谎》《夏娃的觉醒》等。