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

Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity
ISBN-10
0743236726
ISBN-13
9780743236720
Series
Far From the Tree
Category
Family & Relationships
Pages
962
Language
English
Published
2012
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Author
Andrew Solomon

Description

The National Book Award-winning author of The Noonday Demon explores the consequences of extreme personal differences between parents and children, describing his own experiences as a gay child of straight parents while evaluating the circumstances of people affected by physical, developmental or cultural factors that divide families. 150,000 first printing.

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