Far From the Tree

Parents, Children and the Search for Identity

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English language

Published Jan. 21, 2013 by Chatto & Windus.

ISBN:
978-0-7011-8876-4
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5 stars (1 review)

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? --back cover

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reviewed Far From the Tree by Andrew Solomon

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5 stars

From my Amazon review:

This seminal work on "horizontal communities" explores families in which the children have some difference that distinguishes them (often painfully) from their parents. Topics include Deafness, Dwarfism, Autism, Prodigiousness, Homosexuality, Transgenderism and others. In each case, the child's community affiliation is with others, outside his or her home.

This book soars above the stereotypes, easy answers, facile dichotomies and standard analysis, providing a nuanced and incredibly well researched in-depth investigation. Mixing extensive anecdotes with both personal and professional opinions and perspectives, the book provides an insight rarely available in the popular press.

Recommended without reservation.

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