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

• Welcome to Holland (essay)

References

1. "Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity". Simon & Schuster. 2012-11-13. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
2. "Far from the Tree: A Dozen Kinds of Love". The Random House Group. 2013-02-07. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
3. Yaddo (2010). "Annual Report 2010" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-10.
4. MacDowell Colony (Summer 2007). "MacDowell" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-10.
5. Ucross Foundation. "Alumni List". Retrieved 2012-02-10.
6. The Rockefeller Foundation (2009). "Bellagio Center: The First Fifty Years" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-10.
7. MacDowell Colony (March 2009). "Annual Report for the Year Ending March 2009" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-10.
8. "The 10 Best Books of 2012". The New York Times. 2012-11-30.
9. Hoffer, Barbara (2013-02-28). "National Book Critics Circle Announces Awards for Publishing Year 2012". Critical Mass (press release). Retrieved 2013-10-03.
10. 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.
11. Anisfield-Wolf Book Award (2013-04-22). "Andrew Solomon Wins the 2013 Anisfield-Wolf Prize for Nonfiction" (press release). Retrieved 2013-10-03.
12. Moss, Meredith (2013-09-24). "2013 Dayton Literary Peace Prize winners announced". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
13. Charles, Ron (2013-04-18). "Andrew Solomon wins Lukas Book Prize". Washington Post. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
14. "Sheehy, Solomon honored for inspiring readers". Associated Press. 2013-03-11. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
15. New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association (2013-08-21). "NAIBA Book of the Year Awards" (press release). Retrieved 2013-10-03.
16. "Andrew Motion announces shortlist for the Wellcome Book Prize 2014". Wellcome Trust. 25 February 2014. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
17. GrrlScientist (26 February 2014). "Wellcome Trust's Book Prize 2014 shortlist announced". The Guardian. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
18. Alison Flood (29 April 2014). "Wellcome book prize goes to Andrew Solomon's Far From the Tree". The Guardian. Retrieved May 27, 2014.