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Far from the Tree: Parents and Children in Search of Their Selves

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Far from the Tree: Parents and Children in Search of Their Selves
29.99 €
Being special, different, is the basis of human nature; and this difference is what unites us. This was the premise that Andrew Solomon started collecting material for the book. This is how the story of parents coping with deafness, dwarfism, Down syndrome, autism, schizophrenia and multiple mental and physical disabilities of their children turned out; with genius children, children conceived as a result of violence, juvenile delinquents and transgender people. Any of these features can separate a child and his family from the world; meanwhile, all these families are united by the experience gained when its members tried to feel new boundaries of normality. And in each chapter, the author meticulously documents episodes when love prevailed over prejudice. Over 10 years, Andrew Solomon interviewed more than three hundred difficult families; and under this cover is an eloquent answer from ordinary people to the question: how to accept a dear person if he is not like everyone else?

Andrew Solomon is a professor of clinical psychology at Columbia University Medical Center, a lecturer at Yale University, a TED speaker, a contributor to the New York Times and the New Yorker, and a former director of the PEN American Center.
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