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Far From The Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity
Andrew Solomon
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Description for Far From The Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity
Paperback. Drawing on interviews with over three hundred families, covering subjects including deafness, dwarfs, Down's Syndrome, Autism, Schizophrenia, disability, prodigies, children born of rape, children convicted of crime and transgender people, this book documents ordinary people making courageous choices. Num Pages: 976 pages. BIC Classification: VFVX; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 137 x 213 x 51. Weight in Grams: 936.
**WINNER OF THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2014**
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Sometimes your child - the most familiar person of all - is radically different from you. The saying goes that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. But what happens when it does?
Drawing on interviews with over three hundred families, covering subjects including deafness, dwarfs, Down's Syndrome, Autism, Schizophrenia, disability, prodigies, children born of rape, children convicted of crime and transgender people, Andrew Solomon documents ordinary people making courageous choices. Difference is potentially isolating, but Far from the Tree celebrates repeated triumphs ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
946 g
Number of Pages
976
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099460992
SKU
V9780099460992
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About Andrew Solomon
Andrew Solomon is a writer and activist working on politics, culture and psychology. He writes regularly for the New Yorker, Newsweek, and the Guardian. He is a Lecturer in Psychiatry at Cornell University and Special Adviser on LGBT Affairs to Yale University’s Department of Psychiatry. The Noonday Demon won the 2001 National Book Award and was a finalist for the ... Read more
Reviews for Far From The Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity
The tales Solomon returns with, of profound disability and extreme differences overcome, make it a bible of empathy and inclusion
Cressida Connolly
Spectator
Andrew Solomon’s Far From The Tree is a prodigious, illuminating book about the challenge of being a parent – especially when children are out of the ordinary
Tim Adams
Observer
Life-affirming, ... Read more
Cressida Connolly
Spectator
Andrew Solomon’s Far From The Tree is a prodigious, illuminating book about the challenge of being a parent – especially when children are out of the ordinary
Tim Adams
Observer
Life-affirming, ... Read more