Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity Audiobook (Free)

From your National Book Award-winning author of the “brave…deeply humane…open-minded, critically informed, and poetic” (THE BRAND NEW York Times) The Noonday Demon, comes a game-changer of the publication about the impact of extreme personal and cultural difference between parents and children.

A brilliant and absolutely original thinker, Andrew Solomon’s trip began from his connection with being the gay child of directly parents. He wondered how other family members accommodate children who’ve a variety of about Far From the Tree: Parents, Kids and the Seek out Identity variations: groups of individuals who are deaf, who are dwarfs, who have Down syndrome, who’ve autism, who have schizophrenia, who’ve multiple serious disabilities, who are prodigies, who commit crimes, who are transgender. Bookended with Solomon’s encounters as a kid, and then afterwards as a father, this publication explores the old adage that says the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree; instead some apples fall several orchards aside, some on the other side of the world.

In twelve sharply observed and shifting chapters, Solomon describes individuals who have been heartbreaking victims of extreme prejudice, but also stories of parents who’ve embraced their childrens’ distinctions and tried to change the world’s understanding of their conditions. Solomon’s mankind, eloquence, and compassion provide a tone of voice to those who find themselves never noticed. A riveting, powerful take on a major social issue, Far from the Tree gives far-reaching conclusions about brand-new family members, academia, and the way our tradition addresses problems of disease and identity.