Format:
Book
Title:
Far from the tree : parents, children and the search for identity / Andrew Solomon.
Author:
Solomon, Andrew, 1963-
Call Number:
362.408309 SOLOMON
Publisher, Date:
New York, NY : Scribner, c2012.
Description:
ix, 962 p. ; 25 cm.
Summary:
Solomon tells the stories of parents who not only learn to deal with their exceptional children but also find profound meaning in doing so.
Subjects:
Children with disabilities -- United States -- Psychology.
Exceptional children -- United States -- Psychology.
Parents of children with disabilities -- United States.
Parents of exceptional children -- United States.
Identity (Psychology) -- United States.
Parent and child -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
Contents:
Son -- Deaf -- Dwarfs -- Down syndrome -- Autism -- Schizophrenia -- Disability -- Prodigies -- Rape -- Crime -- Transgender -- Father.
ISBN:
9780743236713 (hbk.)
0743236718 (hbk.)
* 9780743236720 (pbk.)
* 0743236726 (pbk.)