Far From The Tree: Tuesday December 18, 1-2 p.m.

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In his latest book, 10 years in the making, acclaimed author Andrew Solomon profiles families coping with deafness, dwarfism, Down syndrome, autism, schizophrenia, multiple severe disabilities, children who are prodigies, who are conceived in rape, who become criminals, who are transgender.  Solomon is the author of “Far From The Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity,” a look at the lives of parents whose children are very different from themselves.