From the #1 New York Times best-selling author – an epic of hope and horror, chaos and magic, and a journey that will unite a desperate group of people to fight the battle of their lives… In a world of survivors where every stranger could be either a savage or a savior, none of them knows where they are heading, or why. But a purpose awaits them that will shape their lives and the lives of all those who remain.
Addiction is a problem that affects everyone – even if we haven’t experienced addiction ourselves, we all know someone who has. Addiction is sometimes viewed as a failure of character or will or morality. But neuroscience offers a very different picture – one that can inform how we, as individuals and as a society, treat addicts and the problems caused by addiction.
When he became a father, Michael Lewis found himself expected to feel things that he didn’t feel, and to do things that he couldn’t see the point of doing. At first this made him feel guilty, until he realized that all around him fathers were pretending to do one thing, to feel one way, when in fact they felt and did all sorts of things, then engaged in what amounted to an extended cover-up…
