![]() When two people decide to have a baby, they engage in an act of production, and the widespread use of the word reproduction for this activity, with its implication that two people are but braiding themselves together, is at best a euphemism to comfort prospective parents before they get in over their heads. The below passage is published here with permission by Scribner, a Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. ![]() Solomon will be visiting Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures on Monday, December 7th to talk about this powerful book, family, parenting, and what it means to be human. Littsburgh is thrilled to be able to share with you this excerpt from Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity by Andrew Solomon, the National Book Award–winning and New York Times bestselling author of The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression. ![]()
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