Far From The Tree

Name: Far From The Tree
Brand: Vintage Publishing
SKU: 9780099460992
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Parents, Children and the Search for Identity

By Andrew Solomon

4.26

( 21,501 ratings, 2,568 reviews)

Summary

Far From the Tree by Andrew Solomon explores the complex experience of parenting children who are profoundly different from their parents. It examines the challenges and triumphs faced by families dealing with deafness, autism, and other conditions, celebrating the diversity of human identities and the resilience of familial bonds. The book's empathetic storytelling provides an insightful look into how love and acceptance can flourish in unexpected circumstances.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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This book may appeal to you if you are interested in exploring the complex dynamics between parents and children who face extraordinary challenges. Through personal stories and research, it delves into themes of acceptance, identity, and the deep bonds forged through shared struggles. It's a profound exploration of how families navigate difference and find strength in diversity.

Far From The Tree

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.

**WINNER OF THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2014**

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?

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WINNER OF THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2014

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?

Far From The Tree is a NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER that explores these profound questions.

Drawing on interviews with over three hundred families, Andrew Solomon covers a wide range of subjects such as deafness, dwarfs, Down's Syndrome, Autism, Schizophrenia, disability, prodigies, children born of rape, children convicted of crime, and transgender people. Solomon documents ordinary people making courageous choices. While difference is potentially isolating, Far From The Tree celebrates repeated triumphs of human love and compassion to show that the shared experience of difference is what unites us.

The book is a recipient of the National Book Critics Circle Award for General Non-fiction and eleven other national awards, and also won the Green Carnation Prize.

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Far From The Tree by Andrew Solomon receives glowing reviews for its profound exploration of parenting amidst extraordinary challenges. Critics praise it as a deeply empathetic and inclusive narrative, offering insights into the complexities of raising children differing from societal norms. The book is celebrated for its illuminating, moving stories of resilience and for its powerful portrayal of parental love amidst adversity, described as both thought-provoking and life-affirming.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780099460992

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 March 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 40.0mm

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 755g

Pages: 976

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Andrew Solomon Education & Reference Health & Wellness Mindset & Self Help Non-Fiction Parenting & Family Personal Development Philosophy & Psychology Self-Help & Personal Development

About the Author

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 2002 Pulitzer Prize. His highly-acclaimed study of family, Far from the Tree won the 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award for General Non-fiction, the Lukas Book Prize and the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, among others. He lives with his husband and son in New York and London.