The Heartbreaking Realization of Parental Love
This is ultimately a book that strikes to the heart of parenthood itself — that no-holds-barred, real, live, messy human connection, and the ways it is forged, broken, healed, and held.
Apr 2013
Press: Interviews
Mar 2013
A Killer in the Family
“I think they spoke to me because they wanted to ensure that Dylan was known with his nuances, as someone who was capable of kindness, himself, even though he ultimately engaged in a terrible act.”
Mar 2013
Mint: Q&A with Andrew Solomon
The journalist and academic on how people with differences make for a richer and better society.
Mar 2013
Q&A With “The Noonday Demon” Author Andrew Solomon
Depression is fundamentally a disease of loneliness… knowing others have been through the same things can be very helpful.
Feb 2013
The Meaning and Power of Love
“Far From the Tree” is an act of public service, designed to help those in isolated predicaments and to give a voice to children routinely sidelined by society.
Feb 2013
Video: Parenthood Is No Place for Perfectionists
Solomon uses the example of deaf children and cochlear implants to illustrate how the line between what should be fixed and what shouldn’t is often far from clear.
Feb 2013
Andrew Solomon: ‘I’m one of five parents with four children in three states’
The author on his 11-year mission to write an epic about family strife and his own challenges as a gay father.
Feb 2013
Audio: BBC Radio 3: Nightwaves
Anne McElvoy talks to Andrew Solomon about his monumental study of modern identity.
Feb 2013
Parents with a Difference: A Playdate with “Far from the Tree” author Andrew Solomon
Andrew Solomon explores the farthest reaches of parenthood in his new bestselling book “Far from the Tree”. Katie Roiphe goes on a playdate with him.
Dec 2012
Audio: Fresh Air: Parenting A Child Who’s Fallen ‘Far From The Tree’
Andrew Solomon joins Fresh Air host Terry Gross to discuss his book, Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity.
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