Far from the Tree

Far from the Tree
First edition
AuthorAndrew Solomon
LanguageEnglish
PublisherScribner
Publication date
October 1 2013
Publication placeUnited States
Pages962
AwardsNational Book Critics Circle Award (2012) for nonfiction
ISBN0-7432-3671-8

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[1] and two months later in the UK (under the title, Far from the Tree: A Dozen Kinds of Love),[2] 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,[3] MacDowell Colony,[4] Ucross Foundation,[5] and the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center;[6] at MacDowell, Solomon was the DeWitt Wallace/Reader’s Digest Fellow and later the Stanford Calderwood fellow.[7]

In 2017 it was adapted into a documentary of the same name, directed by Rachel Dretzin.

  1. ^ Solomon, Andrew (13 November 2012). Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9780743236713. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Far from the Tree: A Dozen Kinds of Love". The Random House Group. 7 February 2013. Archived from the original on 14 February 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  3. ^ Yaddo (2010). "Annual Report 2010" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  4. ^ MacDowell Colony (Summer 2007). "MacDowell" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  5. ^ Ucross Foundation. "Alumni List". Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  6. ^ The Rockefeller Foundation (2009). "Bellagio Center: The First Fifty Years" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  7. ^ MacDowell Colony (March 2009). "Annual Report for the Year Ending March 2009" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 January 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2012.