Ebook: Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity

Machine generated contents note: I. Son -- II. Deaf -- III. Dwarfs -- IV. Down Syndrome -- V. Autism -- VI. Schizophrenia -- VII. Disability -- VIII. Prodigies -- IX. Rape -- X. Crime -- XI. Transgender -- XII. Father.;The National Book Award-winning author of The Noonday Demon explores the consequences of extreme personal differences between parents and children, describing his own experiences as a gay child of straight parents while evaluating the circumstances of people affected by physical, developmental or cultural factors that divide families.