Book review: ?Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity? by Andrew Solomon

Warning: Andrew Solomon?s new book, about the parents of children with serious medical problems, would make the world?s worst baby shower gift. From dwarfism and Down syndrome to schizophrenia and autism, Solomon delivers a compendium of news you don?t want to expect when you?re expecting. Although some of the conditions startle, the book is no lurid freak show. On the contrary, Solomon forcefully showcases parents who not only aren?t horrified by the differences they encounter in their offspring, but who rise to the occasion by embracing them. In so doing, they reveal a ?shimmering humanity? that speaks to our noblest impulses to nurture.

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