Far From The Tree

Parents, Children and the Search for Identity

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**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 of human love and compassion to show that the shared experience of difference is what unites us.

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for General Non-fiction and eleven other national awards. Winner of the Green Carnation Prize.

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Publication Date:
06/03/2014
Authors:
Solomon, Andrew
Year Published:
2014
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Format:
Paperback
ISBN:
9780099460992
Number of Pages:
976
Place of Publication:
London
Publication Date:
06/03/2014
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
SKU:
9780099460992

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