Far From the Tree : Parents, Children and the Search for Identity (Paperback)

from Vantine

A brilliant meditation on identity and childhood. It's filled with explorations that are alternatively hilarious and heartbreaking. The strength and determination of many the children and their parents will amaze you. As an exploration of what Solomon calls "horizontal identity" it's valuable for...

from slangred1205

An amazing book. Solomon's brilliant conceptualization of "horizontal identities" cuts across all the ways we compartmentalize, justify and rationalize one kind of difference against another, and explores the great challenges and experiences of parenting children with these identities. Every chap...

from cmartlib

This book is a real eye opener when it comes to understanding identity, gender, inheritance, parenthood, disability, mental illness, and human rights. Humanity comes in a variety of shapes and sizes and the author manages to crystallize this point in almost every sub-topic he discusses. I would r...

from kaulsu

I found this book absolutely fascinating. So much so, in fact, that I bought a paperback print copy to keep in my library (I listened to the 40 hour audible book) to be used as a reference book. Towards the end of the book, Solomon uses the following language to describe what I found to be the th...

from eo206

Far From the Tree is a weighty tome of 900+ pages (200 of which are notes and index). Despite its length and heftiness, it is well-worth the read. The author spends the opening chapter explaining how identities shape and form our relationships (horizontal and vertical relationships). He writes ab...