After the international success of her book "The Drama of the Gifted Child," Alice Miller delves into the causes and consequences of childhood traumas, arguing that children who have been subjected to violence by their parents or teachers in their infancy or childhood will eventually turn that violence against society.

New research on the human brain confirms her view that our bodies have stored all the memories of our early experiences, those that our conscious mind was forced to repress very early on in order to survive in conditions of mistreatment. However, if these memories do not find an outlet through similar behaviors towards our children or society, they will eventually surface, often in the form of disease symptoms. In "The Body Never Lies," Alice Miller, through revealing examples and insightful analysis, encourages us to dare to confront our traumatic past - to taste, like Eve, the fruit from the tree of knowledge - in order to release "the child within us" who was never allowed to be themselves, so that now, liberated and healthy, they can live reconciled with their authentic feelings and real needs.