I heard about this book from a customer and then saw an interview on TV. I tried to ignore this book. I tried to think that it was too long for me to read right now. But it’s not. This beautiful book is about parents loving their children no matter what. To loosely paraphrase from the video:
“There really isn’t an definition of what’s normal or what’s far from the tree or under the tree. The love that parents have for their children can see them through an enormous amount.”
Andrew Solomon spent years interviewing families with children who are deaf, children conceived in rape, children who are transgender, children who are prodigies, children who became criminals. Each chapter explores a different group of families and the challenges they face. Take it slow and read this book a chapter at a time. This is a book about exceptional families. Listen to some of the stories in the video below.
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