Cover art for Far from the Tree
Published
Vintage Arrow, March 2014
ISBN
9780099460992
Format
Softcover, 976 pages
Dimensions
21.6cm × 13.6cm × 4.1cm

Far from the Tree A Dozen Kinds of Love

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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?

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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