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Far from the Tree

2012 non-fiction book by Andrew Solomon

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2012 non-fiction book by Andrew Solomon

FieldValue
nameFar from the Tree
imageFar from the Tree (book).jpg
captionFirst edition
authorAndrew Solomon
countryUnited States
languageEnglish
publisherScribner
pub_dateOctober 1, 2013
pages962
awardsNational Book Critics Circle Award (2012) for nonfiction
isbn0-7432-3671-8

Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity is a non-fiction book by Andrew Solomon published in November 2012 in the United States and two months later in the UK (under the title, Far from the Tree: A Dozen Kinds of Love), about how families accommodate children with physical, mental and social disabilities and differences.

The writing of the book was supported by art colony residencies at Yaddo, MacDowell Colony, Ucross Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center; at MacDowell, Solomon was the DeWitt Wallace/Reader's Digest Fellow and later the Stanford Calderwood fellow.

In 2017 it was adapted into a documentary of the same name, directed by Rachel Dretzin. The film uncritically depicts uses of the pseudoscientific rapid prompting method as an intervention for a child with non-speaking autism.

Awards and honors

  • 2012 Time magazine's Best Books of the Year
  • 2012 The New York Times Ten Best Books.
  • 2012 Lambda Literary Award, nominee.
  • 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, winner.
  • 2012 Media for a Just Society Award of the National Council on Crime and Delinquency
  • 2013 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction, longlist.
  • 2013 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, winner.
  • 2013 Dayton Literary Peace Prize, winner.
  • 2013 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, winner.
  • 2013 National Multiple Sclerosis Society Books for a Better Life Award.
  • 2013 New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association (NAIBA) Book of the Year Award for Nonfiction.
  • 2013 Green Carnation Prize, shortlist.
  • 2014 Wellcome Book Prize, winner.
  • 2024 #67, The New York Times 100 Best Books of the 21st century.

References

References

  1. (2012-11-13). "Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity". Simon & Schuster.
  2. (2013-02-07). "Far from the Tree: A Dozen Kinds of Love". The Random House Group.
  3. Yaddo. (2010). "Annual Report 2010".
  4. MacDowell Colony. (Summer 2007). "MacDowell".
  5. Ucross Foundation. "Alumni List".
  6. The Rockefeller Foundation. (2009). "Bellagio Center: The First Fifty Years".
  7. MacDowell Colony. (March 2009). "Annual Report for the Year Ending March 2009".
  8. Beals, Katherine. (2022). "Students with Autism: How to Improve Language, Literacy and Academic Success". John Catt Educational.
  9. (2012-11-30). "The 10 Best Books of 2012". The New York Times.
  10. Hoffer, Barbara. (2013-02-28). "National Book Critics Circle Announces Awards for Publishing Year 2012". Critical Mass.
  11. National Council on Crime & Delinquency. (2013-06-20). "The Winners of the 20th Annual Media for a Just Society Awards".
  12. Anisfield-Wolf Book Award. (2013-04-22). "Andrew Solomon Wins the 2013 Anisfield-Wolf Prize for Nonfiction".
  13. Moss, Meredith. (2013-09-24). "2013 Dayton Literary Peace Prize winners announced". Dayton Daily News.
  14. Charles, Ron. (2013-04-18). "Andrew Solomon wins Lukas Book Prize". Washington Post.
  15. (2013-03-11). "Sheehy, Solomon honored for inspiring readers".
  16. New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association. (2013-08-21). "NAIBA Book of the Year Awards".
  17. (25 February 2014). "Andrew Motion announces shortlist for the Wellcome Book Prize 2014". Wellcome Trust.
  18. GrrlScientist. (26 February 2014). "Wellcome Trust's Book Prize 2014 shortlist announced". [[The Guardian]].
  19. Alison Flood. (29 April 2014). "Wellcome book prize goes to Andrew Solomon's Far From the Tree". [[The Guardian]].
  20. (8 July 2024). "The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century".
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