Far from the Tree
| Author | Andrew Solomon |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Scribner, New York |
Publication date | November 2012 |
| Pages | 962 |
| Awards | National Book Critics Circle Award (2012) for nonfiction |
| ISBN | 0-743-23671-8 |
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 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]
Awards and honors
- 2012 Time magazine's Best Books of the Year
- 2012 The New York Times Ten Best Books.[8]
- 2012 Lambda Literary Award, nominee.
- 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, winner.[9]
- 2012 Media for a Just Society Award of the National Council on Crime and Delinquency [10]
- 2013 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction, longlist.
- 2013 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, winner.[11]
- 2013 Dayton Literary Peace Prize, winner.[12]
- 2013 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, winner.[13]
- 2013 National Multiple Sclerosis Society Books for a Better Life Award.[14]
- 2013 New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association (NAIBA) Book of the Year Award for Nonfiction.[15]
- 2013 Green Carnation Prize, shortlist.
- 2014 Wellcome Book Prize, winner.[16][17][18]
See also
References
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- ↑ "Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity". Simon & Schuster. 2012-11-13. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
- ↑ "Far from the Tree: A Dozen Kinds of Love". The Random House Group. 2013-02-07. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
- ↑ Yaddo (2010). "Annual Report 2010" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ↑ MacDowell Colony (Summer 2007). "MacDowell" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ↑ Ucross Foundation. "Alumni List". Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ↑ The Rockefeller Foundation (2009). "Bellagio Center: The First Fifty Years" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ↑ MacDowell Colony (March 2009). "Annual Report for the Year Ending March 2009" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ↑ "The 10 Best Books of 2012". The New York Times. 2012-11-30.
- ↑ Hoffer, Barbara (2013-02-28). "National Book Critics Circle Announces Awards for Publishing Year 2012". Critical Mass (press release). Retrieved 2013-10-03.
- ↑ National Council on Crime & Delinquency (2013-06-20). "The Winners of the 20th Annual Media for a Just Society Awards" (press release). Retrieved 2013-10-03.
- ↑ Anisfield-Wolf Book Award (2013-04-22). "Andrew Solomon Wins the 2013 Anisfield-Wolf Prize for Nonfiction" (press release). Retrieved 2013-10-03.
- ↑ Moss, Meredith (2013-09-24). "2013 Dayton Literary Peace Prize winners announced". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
- ↑ Charles, Ron (2013-04-18). "Andrew Solomon wins Lukas Book Prize". Washington Post. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
- ↑ "Sheehy, Solomon honored for inspiring readers". Associated Press. 2013-03-11. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
- ↑ New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association (2013-08-21). "NAIBA Book of the Year Awards" (press release). Retrieved 2013-10-03.
- ↑ "Andrew Motion announces shortlist for the Wellcome Book Prize 2014". Wellcome Trust. 25 February 2014. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
- ↑ GrrlScientist (26 February 2014). "Wellcome Trust's Book Prize 2014 shortlist announced". The Guardian. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
- ↑ Alison Flood (29 April 2014). "Wellcome book prize goes to Andrew Solomon's Far From the Tree". The Guardian. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
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