{"product_id":"far-from-the-tree-parents-children-and-the-search-for-identity-paperback","title":"Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Solomon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, a Books for a Better Life Award, and one of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e's Ten Best Books of 2012, this masterpiece by the National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Noonday Demon\u003c\/i\u003e features stories of parents who not only learn to deal with their exceptional children, but also find profound meaning in doing so--\"a brave, beautiful book that will expand your humanity\" (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSolomon's startling proposition in \u003ci\u003eFar from the Tree\u003c\/i\u003e 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 syndrome, autism, schizophrenia, or multiple severe disabilities; with children who are prodigies, who are conceived in rape, who become criminals, who are transgender. While each of these characteristics is potentially isolating, the experience of difference within families is universal, and Solomon documents triumphs of love over prejudice in every chapter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll parenting turns on a crucial question: to what extent should parents accept their children for who they are, and to what extent they should help them become their best selves. Drawing on ten years of research and interviews with more than three hundred families, Solomon mines the eloquence of ordinary people facing extreme challenges. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElegantly reported by a spectacularly original and compassionate thinker, \u003ci\u003eFar from the Tree\u003c\/i\u003e explores how people who love each other must struggle to accept each other--a theme in every family's life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew Solomon is a professor of psychology at Columbia University, president of PEN American Center, and a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. A lecturer and activist, he is the author of \u003ci\u003eFar and Away: Essays from the Brink of Change: Seven Continents, Twenty-Five Years\u003c\/i\u003e; the National Book Critics Circle Award-winner \u003ci\u003eFar from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich has won thirty additional national awards\u003ci\u003e;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Noonday Demon; An Atlas of Depression, which\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2001 National Book Award, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and has been published in twenty-four languages. He has also written a novel, \u003ci\u003eA Stone Boat\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e First Fiction Award and \u003ci\u003eThe Irony Tower: Soviet Artists in a Time of Glasnost\u003c\/i\u003e. His TED talks have been viewed over ten million times. He lives in New York and London and is a dual national. For more information, visit the author's website at AndrewSolomon.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 976\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.9 x 9.2 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Far from the Tree: Young Adult Edition: How Children and Their Parents Learn to Accept One Another..\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.3\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 22\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44411314536550,"sku":"9780743236720","price":34.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/Vk52V3lWTVpWZUl4Zm5WektxTTQ0UT09.webp?v=1769845969","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/far-from-the-tree-parents-children-and-the-search-for-identity-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}