Far From The Tree

The tales Solomon returns with, of profound disability and extreme differences overcome, make it a bible of empathy and inclusion – Cressida Connolly * Spectator *Andrew Solomon’s Far From The Tree is a prodigious, illuminating book about the challenge of being a parent – especially when children are out of the ordinary – Tim Adams * Observer *Life-affirming, thought provoking and highly readable, the book was compiled over 10 years of interviews and I found it deeply moving – Kate Kellaway * Observer *Many accounts are desperately moving, but Solomon goes far beyond cheap pity… The book is an exquisite written study of parental love – as well as “a how-to manual for receptivity” – Kerry Hudson * Herald *[A] magnificent study of disability and identity differences – Susannah Meadows * New York Times *This wise book is a careful and surprising study of difference between parent and child and how it shapes our lives – Stephen Grosz * Sunday Telegraph *For anyone struggling with decisions over parenting, it’s an affirming reminder that there is no such thing as “normal” – Femke Colborne * Big Issue in the North *Parents – especially mothers – are the heroes of this book, many of them describing with extraordinary absence of self-pity how they have coped with almost unimaginable adversity – Dominic Lawson * Sunday Times *Solomon really makes you think… Uniquely brilliant – William Leith * Evening Standard *Beautiful * The Times *

Andrew Solomon is a writer and activist working on politics, culture and psychology. He writes regularly for the New Yorker, Newsweek, and the Guardian. He is a Lecturer in Psychiatry at Cornell University and Special Adviser on LGBT Affairs to Yale University’s Department of Psychiatry. The Noonday Demon won the 2001 National Book Award and was a finalist for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize. His highly-acclaimed study of family, Far from the Tree won the 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award for General Non-fiction, the Lukas Book Prize and the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, among others. He lives with his husband and son in New York and London.