{"product_id":"9781481440912","title":"Far from the Tree: Young Adult Edition--How Children and Their Parents Learn to Accept One Another . . . Our Differences Unite Us","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Andrew Solomon comes a stunning, poignant, and affecting young adult edition of his award-winning masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eFar From the Tree\u003c\/i\u003e, which explores the impact of extreme differences between parents and children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElegantly reported by a spectacularly original and compassionate thinker, \u003ci\u003eFar From the Tree\u003c\/i\u003e explores how people who love each other must struggle to accept each other—a theme in every family’s life.\u003ci\u003e The New York Times \u003c\/i\u003ecalls the adult edition a “wise and beautiful” volume that “will shake up your preconceptions and leave you in a better place.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Whimsical Verse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47028318535920,"sku":"9781481440912","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781481440912_p0.jpg?v=1763621967","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781481440912","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}