Far From the Tree Parents, Children and the Search for Identity
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Chatto & Windus
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Sprache:Englisch
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Verlag:Scribner
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ePUB
Kopierschutz
Ja
Family Sharing
Ja
Text-to-Speech
Ja
Verkaufsrang
46090
Erscheinungsdatum
13.11.2012
Verlag
ScribnerSeitenzahl
976 (Printausgabe)
Dateigröße
8354 KB
Sprache
Englisch
EAN
9781439183106
* Selected as One of the Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times *
* WINNER of the National Book Critics Circle Award * Books for a Better Life Award * The New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of the Year *
This masterpiece by the National Book Awardwinning author of The Noonday Demon 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" (People).
Solomon's startling proposition in Far from the Tree is that being exceptional is at the core of the human conditionthat 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.
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 othera theme in every family's life.
* WINNER of the National Book Critics Circle Award * Books for a Better Life Award * The New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of the Year *
This masterpiece by the National Book Awardwinning author of The Noonday Demon 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" (People).
Solomon's startling proposition in Far from the Tree is that being exceptional is at the core of the human conditionthat 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.
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 othera theme in every family's life.
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