Far from the Tree
{{Short description|2012 non-fiction book by Andrew Solomon}}
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| author = Andrew Solomon
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| language = English
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| pub_date = October 1, 2013
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| pages = 962
| awards = National Book Critics Circle Award (2012) for nonfiction
| isbn = 0-7432-3671-8
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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{{cite book | url = http://books.simonandschuster.com/Far-From-the-Tree/Andrew-Solomon/9780743236713 | title = Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity | publisher = Simon & Schuster | date = 2012-11-13 | isbn = 9780743236713 | access-date = 2013-10-03 | last1 = Solomon | first1 = Andrew }} and two months later in the UK (under the title, Far from the Tree: A Dozen Kinds of Love),{{cite web | url = http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/editions/far-from-the-tree-a-dozen-kinds-of-love/9780701176112 | title = Far from the Tree: A Dozen Kinds of Love | work = The Random House Group | date = 2013-02-07 | access-date = 2013-10-03 | archive-date = 14 February 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140214094758/http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/editions/far-from-the-tree-a-dozen-kinds-of-love/9780701176112 | url-status = dead }} 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,{{cite web | url = http://yaddo.org/yaddo/pdfs/YaddoAnnualReport_2010.pdf | title = Annual Report 2010 | author = Yaddo | year = 2010 | access-date = 2012-02-10 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111114024709/http://yaddo.org/yaddo/pdfs/YaddoAnnualReport_2010.pdf | archive-date = 2011-11-14 }} MacDowell Colony,{{cite web | url = http://www.macdowellcolony.org/171259_Newsletter.pdf | title = MacDowell | author = MacDowell Colony | date = Summer 2007 | access-date = 2012-02-10 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131004222752/http://www.macdowellcolony.org/171259_Newsletter.pdf | archive-date = 2013-10-04 }} Ucross Foundation,{{cite web | url = http://www.ucrossfoundation.org/residency-program/alumni-list/literature/ | title = Alumni List | author = Ucross Foundation | access-date = 2012-02-10 | archive-date = 2017-12-06 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171206005757/http://www.ucrossfoundation.org/residency-program/alumni-list/literature/ | url-status = dead }} and the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center;{{cite web|url=http://m.rockfound.org/uploads/files/4c0a0ad2-3dec-4238-bee3-be7f08dc5ef6.pdf |title=Bellagio Center: The First Fifty Years |author=The Rockefeller Foundation |year=2009 |access-date=2012-02-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302182655/http://m.rockfound.org/uploads/files/4c0a0ad2-3dec-4238-bee3-be7f08dc5ef6.pdf |archive-date=2011-03-02 }} at MacDowell, Solomon was the DeWitt Wallace/Reader's Digest Fellow and later the Stanford Calderwood fellow.{{cite web | url = http://www.macdowellcolony.org/MacDowellARWeb08.pdf | title = Annual Report for the Year Ending March 2009 | author = MacDowell Colony | date = March 2009 | access-date = 2012-02-10 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110106100927/http://www.macdowellcolony.org/MacDowellARWeb08.pdf | archive-date = 2011-01-06 }}
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.{{cite book|last=Beals|first=Katherine|year=2022|title=Students with Autism: How to Improve Language, Literacy and Academic Success|location=Melton, UK|publisher=John Catt Educational|isbn=978-1-915261-37-3|page=196}}
Awards and honors
- 2012 Time magazine's Best Books of the Year
- 2012 The New York Times Ten Best Books.{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/09/books/review/10-best-books-of-2012.html?smid=FB-nytimes&WT.mc_id=AR-E-FB-SM-LIN-TTB-113012-NYT-NA&WT.mc_ev=click&_r=0 | title = The 10 Best Books of 2012 | work = The New York Times | date = 2012-11-30}}
- 2012 Lambda Literary Award, nominee.
- 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, winner.{{cite web | url = http://bookcritics.org/blog/archive/national-book-critics-circle-announces-awards-for-publishing-year-2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130304105130/http://bookcritics.org/blog/archive/national-book-critics-circle-announces-awards-for-publishing-year-2012 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 4 March 2013 | title = National Book Critics Circle Announces Awards for Publishing Year 2012 | first = Barbara | last = Hoffer | work = Critical Mass | date = 2013-02-28 | type = press release | access-date = 2013-10-03 }}
- 2012 Media for a Just Society Award of the National Council on Crime and Delinquency{{cite web | url = http://nccdglobal.org/news/the-winners-of-the-20th-annual-media-for-a-just-society-awards | title = The Winners of the 20th Annual Media for a Just Society Awards | author = National Council on Crime & Delinquency | date = 2013-06-20 | type = press release | access-date = 2013-10-03 | archive-date = 15 December 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161215133205/https://www.nccdglobal.org/news/the-winners-of-the-20th-annual-media-for-a-just-society-awards | url-status = dead }}
- 2013 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction, longlist.
- 2013 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, winner.{{cite web | url = http://www.anisfield-wolf.org/books/far-from-the-tree | title = Andrew Solomon Wins the 2013 Anisfield-Wolf Prize for Nonfiction | author = Anisfield-Wolf Book Award | date = 2013-04-22 | type = press release | access-date = 2013-10-03}}
- 2013 Dayton Literary Peace Prize, winner.{{cite news | url = http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/entertainment/books-literature/2013-dayton-literary-peace-prize-winners-announced/nZ6W4/ | title = 2013 Dayton Literary Peace Prize winners announced | first = Meredith | last = Moss | work = Dayton Daily News | date = 2013-09-24 | access-date = 2013-10-03}}
- 2013 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, winner.{{cite news | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2013/04/18/andrew-solomon-wins-lukas-book-prize/| title = Andrew Solomon wins Lukas Book Prize | newspaper = Washington Post | first = Ron | last= Charles | date = 2013-04-18 | access-date = 2013-10-03 }}
- 2013 National Multiple Sclerosis Society Books for a Better Life Award.{{cite news|url=http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/celebrities/197239301.html |title=Sheehy, Solomon honored for inspiring readers |agency=Associated Press |date=2013-03-11 |access-date=2013-10-03 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- 2013 New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association (NAIBA) Book of the Year Award for Nonfiction.{{cite web | url = http://www.newatlanticbooks.com/book_awards.html | title = NAIBA Book of the Year Awards | author = New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association | date = 2013-08-21 | type = press release | access-date = 2013-10-03 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131005005213/http://www.newatlanticbooks.com/book_awards.html | archive-date = 2013-10-05 }}
- 2013 Green Carnation Prize, shortlist.
- 2014 Wellcome Book Prize, winner.{{cite web |url=http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/News/Media-office/Press-releases/2014/WTP055762.htm |title=Andrew Motion announces shortlist for the Wellcome Book Prize 2014 |work=Wellcome Trust |date=25 February 2014 |access-date=February 26, 2014 |archive-date=14 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314095806/http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/News/Media-office/Press-releases/2014/WTP055762.htm |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/grrlscientist/2014/feb/26/wellcome-prize-2014-shortlist-health-medicine-books |title=Wellcome Trust's Book Prize 2014 shortlist announced |work=The Guardian |author=GrrlScientist |date=26 February 2014 |access-date=February 26, 2014}}{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/apr/29/wellcome-book-prize-andrew-solomon-far-from-the-tree |title=Wellcome book prize goes to Andrew Solomon's Far From the Tree |work=The Guardian |author=Alison Flood |date=29 April 2014 |access-date=May 27, 2014}}
- 2024 #67, The New York Times 100 Best Books of the 21st century.{{cite web |title=The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/books/best-books-21st-century.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=July 9, 2024 |date=8 July 2024}}
See also
References
{{Wikiquote|Andrew Solomon|the book}}
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External links
- {{official website | url=http://andrewsolomon.com/books/far-from-the-tree/}}
- {{IMDb title|qid=Q123563717| description= (2017 documentary based on book) }}
Category:2012 non-fiction books
Category:American non-fiction books
Category:National Book Critics Circle Award–winning works
Category:Books about parenting
Category:Disability literature