Andrew Solomon writes about politics, culture, and health. He lives in New York and London. He has written for many publications--such as the New York Times, The New Yorker and Artforum--on topics including depression, Soviet artists, the cultural rebirth of Afghanistan, Libyan politics, and deaf culture. He is also a Contributing Writer for Travel and Leisure. In 2008, he was awarded the Humanitarian Award of the Society of Biological Psychiatry for his contributions to the field of mental health. He has a staff appointment as a Lecturer in Psychiatry at Cornell Medical School (Weill-Cornell Medical College).
From the National Book Award–winning author of The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression comes a monumental new work, a decade in the writing, about family. In Far from the Tree, Andrew Solomon tells the stories of parents who not only learn to deal with their exceptional children but also find profound meaning in doing so.
Solomon’s startling proposition is that diversity is what unites us all. He writes about families coping with deafness, dwarfism, Down syndrome, autism, schizophrenia, multiple severe disabilities, with children who are prodigies, who are conceived in rape, who become criminals, who are transgender. While each of these characteristics is potentially isolating, the experience of difference within families is universal, as are the triumphs of love Solomon documents in every chapter.
All parenting turns on a crucial question: to what extent parents should accept their children for who they are, and to what extent they should help them become their best selves. Drawing on forty thousand pages of interview transcripts with more than three hundred families, Solomon mines the eloquence of ordinary people facing extreme challenges. Whether considering prenatal screening for genetic disorders, cochlear implants for the deaf, or gender reassignment surgery for transgender people, Solomon narrates a universal struggle toward compassion. Many families grow closer through caring for a challenging child; most discover supportive communities of others similarly affected; some are inspired to become advocates and activists, celebrating the very conditions they once feared. Woven into their courageous and affirming stories is Solomon’s journey to accepting his own identity, which culminated in his midlife decision, influenced by this research, to become a parent.
Elegantly reported by a spectacularly original thinker, Far from the Tree explores themes of generosity, acceptance, and tolerance—all rooted in the insight that love can transcend every prejudice. This crucial and revelatory book expands our definition of what it is to be human.
书评我已写得太多。可以搜广播#背离亲缘# 我就放个广播地址。 [https://www.douban.com/people/sangou/status/2294509435/] 《背离亲缘》上下两册,台版和湖南科技版还是有点差别的。我列出了其中一个差别后,帖子被豆瓣删了。那既然这样……发布一下台版pdf(感谢@[浅洚] 制...
评分《奇迹男孩》是一部中规中矩的温情片,却也足以打动很多人的心。 1. 男孩奥吉有着幸福完美的家庭,住在富人区,有爱他的父母和姐姐,但在他心里,他却不认为自己是幸福的。因为出生时的事故导致他脸部畸形,有点丑陋,或者说可怕。因此遭到了同龄小孩的排斥甚至欺凌。所以当有...
评分《奇迹男孩》是一部中规中矩的温情片,却也足以打动很多人的心。 1. 男孩奥吉有着幸福完美的家庭,住在富人区,有爱他的父母和姐姐,但在他心里,他却不认为自己是幸福的。因为出生时的事故导致他脸部畸形,有点丑陋,或者说可怕。因此遭到了同龄小孩的排斥甚至欺凌。所以当有...
评分书评我已写得太多。可以搜广播#背离亲缘# 我就放个广播地址。 [https://www.douban.com/people/sangou/status/2294509435/] 《背离亲缘》上下两册,台版和湖南科技版还是有点差别的。我列出了其中一个差别后,帖子被豆瓣删了。那既然这样……发布一下台版pdf(感谢@[浅洚] 制...
评分第一章像漫长的序,洋洋洒洒58页但不知道想说什么,没有论点也没有条理。其中44-58页居然是名为注释的bibliography!第一次见把这东西放文中的。 第二章听障。个人故事堆砌得再多也只是故事,没有递进没有转折,众生平等,全都一样:耳蜗不好口语不好手语好,父母给幼儿安人工...
别转头,就盯着那伤口。因为伤口是光透进来的地方。
评分很系统的反思,看到人性的许多面向。
评分#假如你孩子是个傻X,很感人的故事.
评分长是真长,毕竟300个案例、历经10年调查,但还是很好读的。Far from the tree 是本书所有案例的前提,这些因生理、心理疾病或社会原因而拥有特别身份的孩子,每一个都偏离了其家庭的亲缘。其中有一些有幸可以因特殊的身份(如听障、侏儒症、跨性别等等)向家庭以外延伸,获得水平的身份认同。这样的身份认同,进一步甚至可以推动社会进步,激起社会上对该身份包容、适配的讨论与改革;退一步至少也可以给这些家庭和孩子一些归属感,聊以安慰成长中不可避免的痛苦。如若孩子背离亲缘,像苹果落在了很远的地方,父母之爱能做些什么呢?Solomon在最后一章说,the tree doesn’t grow far from the apple.
评分基本上写出了我转到这行的初衷 不过我还是很纠结PhD的minor应该是医学人类学还是医学社会学 哈哈哈哈 #我的PhD在哪儿
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