Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity

Andrew Solomon is an American writer and lecturer on politics, culture, and psychology, and a professor of clinical psychology at Columbia University Medical Center. He is best known for his landmark books on human difference and mental health. Far from the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity (2012), a decade-long project, examines how parents and children navigate profound differences—including deafness, dwarfism, Down syndrome, autism, schizophrenia, and criminal behavior—between them. Read more →