How long does it take to read Far From the Tree?
Andrew Solomon, Laurie Calkhoven
Far From the Tree by Andrew Solomon, Laurie Calkhoven takes about 13 hours 13 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 13 hours 13 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2012. 721 pages, about 198,275 words.
27 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 22 hours 2 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 13 hours 13 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 8 hours 16 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Solomon’s startling proposition in Far from the Tree is that being exceptional is at the core of the human condition—that difference is what unites us. He writes about families coping with deafness, dwarfism, Down's syndrome, autism, schizophrenia, or multiple severe disabilities; with children who are prodigies, who are conceived in rape, who become criminals, and who are transgender. While each of these characteristics is potentially isolating, the experience of difference within families is universal, and Solomon documents triumphs of love over prejudice in every chapter. All parenting turns on a crucial question: to what extent should parents accept their children for who they are, and to what extent they should help them become their best selves. Drawing on ten years of research and interviews with more than three-hundred families, Solomon mines the eloquence of ordinary people facing extreme challenges. Elegantly reported by a spectacularly original and compassionate thinker, Far from the Tree explores how people who love each other must struggle to accept each other, a theme in every family’s life.
Subjects: homosexuality, deafness, dwarfism, Down Syndrome, autism, scizophrenia
