Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction | 2012 | Winner |
About This Book
Andrew Solomon spent a decade interviewing families raising children who are profoundly different from their parents — deaf, autistic, transgender, schizophrenic, or conceived in rape, among other experiences. The result is a massive, compassionate inquiry into what it means to accept difference within the family and society. It won the National Book Critics Circle Award, the American Library Association Carnegie Medal, and numerous other honors.
About the Author
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 →
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