Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity by Andrew Solomon

Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity

Andrew Solomon

nonfiction psychology science informative reflective slow-paced

962 pages | first published 2012

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Andrew Solomon’s startling proposition in Far from the Tree is that being exceptional is at the core of the human condition—that difference is what unites us. He writes about families coping with deafness, dwarfism, Down's syndrome, autism, schizo...
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