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Far From the Tree

A Dozen Kinds of Love

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An edition of Far From the Tree (2012)

Far From the Tree

A Dozen Kinds of Love

  • 4.5 (2 ratings) ·
  • 36 Want to read
  • 3 Currently reading
  • 3 Have read

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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Publisher
Chatto & Windus
Language
English
Pages
962

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Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity
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Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity
2013 October, Scribner
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Far From the Tree: A Dozen Kinds of Love
2013, Chatto & Windus
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Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity
2013, Chatto & Windus
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2012, Scribner
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Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity
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Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity
2012 November, Scribner
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Published in
London, UK
Copyright Date
2012

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Library of Congress
HQ755.85, HQ

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Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
962

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26384332M
ISBN 10
0701176113
ISBN 13
9780701176112
OCLC/WorldCat
879334727, 813857785
British National Bibliography
GBB2A4741
British Library
BLL01016191079
amazon.de_asin
0701176113
Goodreads
17244047

Work Description

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, schizophrenia, or multiple severe disabilities; with children who are prodigies, who are conceived in rape, who become criminals, and 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.

All 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.

Elegantly reported by a spectacularly original and compassionate thinker, Far from the Tree explores how people who love each other must struggle to accept each other, a theme in every family’s life.

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