What Happened to You?
Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing - With New Material
2nd Edition
Will be published approx. on 17. September 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-0374-1409-1 (ISBN)
Description
The #1 New York Times bestseller, over one million copies sold.
An updated and revised edition of the bestselling book, from Oprah Winfrey and renowned brain development and trauma expert Dr Bruce Perry, featuring new material.
What happened to you? This powerful, fundamental question is an invitation to share one's most difficult experiences, to unpack and process them, and reflect on the ways they have shaped us. When Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Bruce Perry first began to investigate this question in 2021, it was with the shared desire to destigmatize trauma and to normalize conversations about adversity that has a lasting impact on our wellbeing.
Today, the dialogue around trauma and adverse experiences has advanced considerably. We know that "what happened to us" in childhood is a powerful predictor of our risk for health problems down the road, and the patterns of behaviours we often struggle to understand. Now, in the updated edition of this landmark book, Oprah and Dr. Perry share new research, new stories from readers, and new insights and experiences from Oprah.
Once again, one of the world's greatest truth-tellers pairs forces with one of the world's leading experts on trauma to marry storytelling with science. Thought-provoking, intimate and educational, What Happened to You? will show you how to open the door to resilience and healing.
An updated and revised edition of the bestselling book, from Oprah Winfrey and renowned brain development and trauma expert Dr Bruce Perry, featuring new material.
What happened to you? This powerful, fundamental question is an invitation to share one's most difficult experiences, to unpack and process them, and reflect on the ways they have shaped us. When Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Bruce Perry first began to investigate this question in 2021, it was with the shared desire to destigmatize trauma and to normalize conversations about adversity that has a lasting impact on our wellbeing.
Today, the dialogue around trauma and adverse experiences has advanced considerably. We know that "what happened to us" in childhood is a powerful predictor of our risk for health problems down the road, and the patterns of behaviours we often struggle to understand. Now, in the updated edition of this landmark book, Oprah and Dr. Perry share new research, new stories from readers, and new insights and experiences from Oprah.
Once again, one of the world's greatest truth-tellers pairs forces with one of the world's leading experts on trauma to marry storytelling with science. Thought-provoking, intimate and educational, What Happened to You? will show you how to open the door to resilience and healing.
Reviews / Votes
An incredible dialogue that bares the fundamental causes of trauma, and rightly turns the question of shame on it's head and back to the environment. There is so much more we need to learn and this book is the perfect guide to reframing how we can act - through research, experience and compassion - in tomorrow's world. An essential read -- Dr Camilla Pang, biochemist and author of <i>Explaining Humans</i> Revealing, intimate, and educational, it's a testament to the authors' wish for readers to come to grips with, and let go of, the past - and to move forward into 'post-traumatic wisdom' -- Leigh Haber, <i>O Magazine</i>More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-0374-1409-1 (9781037414091)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
04/2021
2nd Edition
Bluebird
€18.49
Available for download
Persons
Over the course of her esteemed career, Oprah Winfrey has created an unparalleled connection with people around the world. As host and supervising producer of the top-rated, award-winning The Oprah Winfrey Show, she entertained, enlightened and uplifted millions of viewers for twenty-five years. Her accomplishments as a global media leader and philanthropist have established her as one of the most influential and admired public figures in the world today. Some of her previously published works include O's Little Guide to Starting Over, Food, Health and Happiness, What I Know for Sure, The Wisdom of Sundays and The Path Made Clear.
Dr Bruce Perry is the Senior Fellow of The ChildTrauma Academy, a Community of Practice based in Houston, TX and Professor (Adjunct) in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago and the College of Science, Health and Engineering, La Trobe University, Australia. He is the author, with Maia Szalavitz, of The Boy Who Was Raised As A Dog, Born For Love: Why Empathy is Essential and Endangered and BRIEF: Reflections on Childhood, Trauma and Society. Over the last thirty years, Dr Perry has been an active teacher, clinician and researcher in children's mental health and the neurosciences holding a variety of academic positions.
Dr Bruce Perry is the Senior Fellow of The ChildTrauma Academy, a Community of Practice based in Houston, TX and Professor (Adjunct) in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago and the College of Science, Health and Engineering, La Trobe University, Australia. He is the author, with Maia Szalavitz, of The Boy Who Was Raised As A Dog, Born For Love: Why Empathy is Essential and Endangered and BRIEF: Reflections on Childhood, Trauma and Society. Over the last thirty years, Dr Perry has been an active teacher, clinician and researcher in children's mental health and the neurosciences holding a variety of academic positions.