Ordinary Magic

Second Edition
Resilience in Development

Ann S. Masten

Hardcovere-bookprint + e-book
Hardcover
May 30, 2025
ISBN 9781462557660
Price: $65.00
438 Pages
Size: 6" x 9"
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June 9, 2025
PDF and Accessible ePub ?
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438 Pages
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438 Pages
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“Masten presents an impressive array of the knowledge that she has gained through her years in the field in a clear and concise manner….Broadly accessible and applicable for researchers, professionals, and students alike.”

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (on the first edition)


“Sheer joy….All scholars wishing to better acquaint themselves with the resilience in development literature would do well to pick up Masten’s book and read it….Applicable for scientists, practitioners, family members, teachers, early interventionists, policymakers, and countless others who genuinely strive for equity and equanimity among all—especially the vulnerable.”

Infant Mental Health Journal (on the first edition)


“Masten's book deserves reading because of its extraordinary synthesis of selected theories and research….Masten has pulled together the wide range of approaches to the concept and its empirical grounding to this date.”

PsycCRITIQUES (on the first edition)


“Ann Masten writes in an accessible narrative style while drawing on her vast personal and professional experience as a professor and international resilience expert….An illuminating and useful text for students, researchers, and anyone interested in this field.”

Therapy Today (on the first edition)


“Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals.”

Choice Reviews (on the first edition)