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Andrew Solomon

Andrew Solomon is the author of Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity, and The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression, which won the 2001 National Book Award, was a finalist for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize, and was included in The Times of London's list of 100 best books of the decade.

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'Far From the Tree'

When Your Child Kills

<p>In the aftermath of the Newtown school shooting parents are asking what drives kids to murder. In an excerpt from <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Far-From-Tree-Children-Identity/dp/0743236718/" target="_blank">Far From the Tree</a></i>, author Andrew Solomon explores how parents deal with criminal children—and speaks to Dylan Klebold’s parents about the aftermath of their son’s attack at Columbine.</p>

Andrew Solomon

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Sons and Lovers

Andrew Solomon’s Book Bag

<p>The National Book Award-winning author of <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Noonday-Demon-ebook/dp/B005UDIB94" target="_blank">The Noonday Demon</a></i> and the new book <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Far-From-Tree-Children-Identity/dp/0743236718/" target="_blank">Far From the Tree</a></i>,<i> </i>a monumental examination of hundreds of parents and children who have coped with special circumstances such as disabilities, deafness, dwarfism, and mental disorders, picks his favorite books about family love.</p>

Andrew Solomon

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