Review of: Far From the TreePublished in: NRC Handelsblad
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
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
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
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
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
Far from the Tree is brought to life by its intimate domestic voices, many of them people who ended up falling in love with children they never knew they wanted.
Dec 2012
What distinguishes this book... is its patient attention to both the academic literature and the daily experiences of appealing case studies.
Dec 2012
His beautifully written and compassionate words will make you think differently about yourself and others. This is one of those rare books that makes readers want to be better people.
Dec 2012
This is a raucous, joyful tribute that exalts all parents who love their alien offspring with molten force
Nov 2012
A book of extraordinary ambition.... Solomon's true talent is a geographic one: He maps the strange terrain of the human struggle that is parenting.
Nov 2012
Solomon has written a brave, beautiful book that will expand your humanity.