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Far from the tree, how children and their parents learn to accept one another... our differences unite us, Andrew Solomon ; adapted by Laurie Calkhoven

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Far from the tree

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Andrew Solomon ; adapted by Laurie Calkhoven

how children and their parents learn to accept one another... our differences unite us

The old adage says that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, meaning that children usually resemble their parents. But what happens when the apples fall somewhere else -- sometimes a couple of orchards away, sometimes on the other side of the world? In this young adult edition, Andrew Solomon profiles how families accommodate children who have a variety of differences: families of people who are deaf, who are dwarfs, who have Down syndrome, who have autism, who have schizophrenia, who have multiple severe disabilities, who are prodigies, who commit crimes, and more

Son -- Deaf -- Dwarfs -- Down syndrome -- Autism -- Schizophrenia -- Disability -- Prodigies -- Rape -- Crime -- Transgender -- Father

adolescent