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Far from the tree parents, children and the search for identity

Solomon tells the stories of parents who not only learn to deal with their exceptional children but also find profound meaning in doing so.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Solomon, Andrew, 1963-
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Scribner, 2012.
Edition:	1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Subjects:	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.
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Summary:	Solomon tells the stories of parents who not only learn to deal with their exceptional children but also find profound meaning in doing so.
Physical Description:	ix, 962 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780743236713 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0743236718 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9780743236720 (trade pbk. : alk. paper) 0743236726 (trade pbk. : alk. paper)
Author Notes:	Andrew Solomon was born in New York City on October 30, 1963. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Yale University and a Master's degree in English at Jesus College, Cambridge. He has written for numerous publications including The New York Times and The New Yorker. He has written several non-fiction books including The Irony Tower, Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity, and The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression, which won the 2001 National Book Award. He also wrote the novel A Stone Boat. He is a lecturer in psychiatry at Cornell University and special advisor on LGBT affairs to the Yale School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry. (Bowker Author Biography)