This cover puzzles us more than anything. On one hand, it looks like a camp arts-and-crafts project. On the other, it was written by a doctor — Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.
Perhaps Dr. Kolk has a niece in summer camp or something. For a book that looks like it deals with recovering from trauma but if we judge it on the cover alone – which is what we do – we don’t have much confidence there will be anything too authoritative inside.
It might be a life changing book, but nothing on its cover suggests that.
Rating: ★★☆☆☆
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk is a book about the effects of trauma on the mind and body. It explores the causes of trauma, how it affects people, and how it can be treated.