Andrew Solomon Far from the Tree: A Dozen Kinds of Love was - TopicsExpress



          

Andrew Solomon Far from the Tree: A Dozen Kinds of Love was announced last night as the winner of the Wellcome Book Prize 2014. Far from the Tree is a monumental work, a decade in the writing, about family. It tells the stories of parents who not only learn to deal with their exceptional children but also find profound meaning in doing so. Drawing on interviews with over three hundred families, covering subjects including deafness, dwarfism, Down’s syndrome, autism, schizophrenia, disability, prodigies, children born of rape, children convicted of crime and transgender people, Andrew Solomon documents ordinary people making courageous choices. We heartily encourage one and all to read the book and to recommend it to reading groups far and wide. Let us know what you think... Read more --> wellcomebookprize.org/what-is-new/WTP056341.htm
Posted on: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 10:26:13 +0000

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