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Feb 2013

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This is a moving account... a book brimming with poignancy.

Feb 2013

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You don't so much read Far from the Tree as cohabit with it; its stories take up residence in your head and heart, messily unpack themselves and refuse to leave.

Feb 2013

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That human beings are resilient in the face of extreme circumstances, have a remarkable capacity to adapt, and summon the power of love to surmount daunting conditions are eternal truths made vivid in Solomon’s compendium of stories.

Feb 2013

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Solomon has given us a masterwork on empathy.

Jan 2013

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A timeless commentary on the complexity, and the very definition, of disability and on the mystical bond between parents and their children.

Jan 2013

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Far from the Tree gaat eerder over het overwinnen van ons eigen ongemak met 'anders zijn'. (Far from the Tree is more about overcoming our own discomfort with those who are "different.")

Jan 2013

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The book starts out as a study of parents raising "difficult" children, and ends up as an affirmation of what it is to be human.

Jan 2013

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His book is massive in every way, from its hefty 962 pages, to the weighty sadness of its stories, and, ultimately, to its ambition and generosity.

Dec 2012

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In his latest book Far From the Tree, Andrew Solomon turns the conventional wisdom that children are composites of their parents on its head, but says that is not a bad thing.

Dec 2012

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What distinguishes this book... is its patient attention to both the academic literature and the daily experiences of appealing case studies.