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Author:
Solomon, Andrew, 1963-
Title:
Far from the tree : parents, children, and the search for identity / Andrew Solomon.
Edition:
1st Scribner pbk. ed.
Publisher:
Scribner,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
xi, 962 p. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
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.
Handicapped children--United States--Psychology.
Exceptional children--United States--Psychology.
Parents of handicapped children--United States.
Parents of exceptional children--United States.
Identity (Psychology)
Parent-child relationship--Psychological aspects.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 707-906) and index.
Contents:
Son -- Deaf -- Dwarfs -- Down syndrome -- Autism -- Schizophrenia -- Disability -- Prodigies -- Rape -- Crime -- Transgender -- Father.
Summary:
Examines the impact of diversity on families, focusing on parenting children with physical and mental disabilities, child prodigies, children conceived in rape, children who become criminals, and transgender children.
Indexed by:
Booklist starred, October 2012
Pub Weekly, September 2012
Kirkus Starred, September 2012
New York Times, November 2012
Choice, June 2013
Booklist starred
Pub Weekly
Kirkus Starred
ISBN:
0743236726
9780743236720 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Locations:
XCPB737 -- Lied Public Library-Essex (Essex)

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