Far from the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity Subclass Code_0HI Alone at night she roams

Alone at night she roams through the familiar rooms

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Far from the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity Subclass Code_0HI Alone at night she roamsIn this seminal new study of family, Andrew Solomon tells the stories of parents who learn to deal with their exceptional children and find profound meaning in doing so. He introduces us to families coping with deafness, dwarfism, Down syndrome, autism, schizophrenia, disability, with children who are prodigies, who are conceived in rape, who become criminals, who are transgender. While each of these characteristics is potentially isolating, Solomon