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Material Type: | Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Andrew Solomon |
ISBN: | 9780743236713 0743236718 0701188766 9780701188764 0743236726 9780743236720 |
OCLC Number: | 779265963 |
Awards: | National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, 2012. |
Description: | ix, 962 pages ; 25 cm |
Contents: | Son -- Deaf -- Dwarfs -- Down syndrome -- Autism -- Schizophrenia -- Disability -- Prodigies -- Rape -- Crime -- Transgender -- Father. |
Responsibility: | Andrew Solomon. |
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"The tales Solomon returns with, of profound disability and extreme differences overcome, make it a bible of empathy and inclusion" -- Cressida Connolly Spectator "Andrew Solomon's Far From The Tree is a prodigious, illuminating book about the challenge of being a parent - especially when children are out of the ordinary" -- Tim Adams Observer "Life-affirming, thought provoking and highly readable, the book was compiled over 10 years of interviews and I found it deeply moving" -- Kate Kellaway Observer "Many accounts are desperately moving, but Solomon goes far beyond cheap pity... The book is an exquisite written study of parental love - as well as "a how-to manual for receptivity" -- Kerry Hudson Herald "[A] magnificent study of disability and identity differences" -- Susannah Meadows New York Times Read more...


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