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    "title": "Far from the tree",
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    "annotation": "Andrew Solomon's \"Far from the Tree\" explores how parents find profound meaning in raising exceptional children, highlighting love's triumph over prejudice.",
    "description": "<b>* Selected as One of the Best Books of the 21st Century by <i>The New York Times * </i></b><b>* WINNER of the National Book Critics Circle Award * Books for a Better Life Award * <i>The New York Times Book Review</i>\u2019s 10 Best Books of the Year *</b><b>This masterpiece by the National Book Award\u2013winning author of <i>The Noonday Demon</i> features stories of parents who not only learn to deal with their exceptional children, but also find profound meaning in doing so\u2014\u201ca brave, beautiful book that will expand your humanity\u201d (<i>People</i>).</b>Solomon\u2019s startling proposition in <I>Far from the Tree</I> is that being exceptional is at the core of the human condition\u2014that difference is what unites us. He writes about families coping with deafness, dwarfism, Down syndrome, autism, schizophrenia, or 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, and Solomon documents triumphs of love over prejudice in every chapter. All parenting turns on a crucial question: to what extent should parents accept their children for who they are, and to what extent they should help them become their best selves. Drawing on ten years of research and interviews with more than three hundred families, Solomon mines the eloquence of ordinary people facing extreme challenges. Elegantly reported by a spectacularly original and compassionate thinker, <I>Far from the Tree</I> explores how people who love each other must struggle to accept each other\u2014a theme in every family\u2019s life.",
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