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Far from the Tree Book Discussion
April 30, 2016 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity, explores what it’s like for parents of children who are profoundly different or likely to be stigmatized—children with Down syndrome, deafness, autism, dwarfism, or who are prodigies, become criminals, or are conceived in rape.
Though these experiences can be difficult and isolating for families, Solomon writes about parents who have accepted their children in spite of conditions others might consider tragic. “We all love flawed children and the general assumption that these more extreme flaws make their children somehow unlovable—it wasn’t true of most of my experience,” Solomon tells Fresh Air’s Terry Gross.
Book copies are available in the ELPC Library or your local bookstore. Read one chapter or all of them, and join us for discussion!
For details, contact Carol Chonoska at 724.272.9722 or carolchonoska@gmail.com.
