Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity
Solomon tells the stories of parents who not only learn to deal with their exceptional children but also find profound meaning in doing so.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Scribner
- Year
- 2012
- ISBN-13
- 9780743236720
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Topics
- Parent-child relationshipsIdentity and disabilityFamily and difference
Awards
- Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardWon(2013)
- J. Anthony Lukas Book PrizeWon(2013)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionWonMajor(2012)
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